<story><title>Please support Web Monetization if you want less ads on the web</title><url>https://atodorov.me/2021/03/07/please-support-web-monetization-if-you-want-less-ads-on-the-web/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>corty</author><text>What guarantee is there that this will reduce ads in any way?&lt;p&gt;If cable TV taught us anything it is that you can charge outrageous amounts of money and still force your customers to watch ads. Paper newspapers are also full of ads, even the ones the reader pays for. I can not think of any reason why the web should be different. Ads will stay, monetization will just be income on-top.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>benttoothpaste</author><text>If you are willing to pay then you are also a lot more valuable as a target for ads. There is no chance of ad reduction. Unfortunately, “post purchase monetization” is a new buzzword.</text></comment>
<story><title>Please support Web Monetization if you want less ads on the web</title><url>https://atodorov.me/2021/03/07/please-support-web-monetization-if-you-want-less-ads-on-the-web/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>corty</author><text>What guarantee is there that this will reduce ads in any way?&lt;p&gt;If cable TV taught us anything it is that you can charge outrageous amounts of money and still force your customers to watch ads. Paper newspapers are also full of ads, even the ones the reader pays for. I can not think of any reason why the web should be different. Ads will stay, monetization will just be income on-top.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sofixa</author><text>&amp;gt; What guarantee is there that this will reduce ads in any way?&lt;p&gt;None, of course. It&amp;#x27;s possible to disable ads for users with Web Monetization, but it&amp;#x27;s also possible to be greedy and use both at the same time. But remember, we&amp;#x27;re not talking about big companies or anything of the sort, it&amp;#x27;s more for small scale personal blogs, or, as i pointed out, institutions like the Internet Archive or Wikipedia, so greed is IMHO unlikely and will probably be rare.&lt;p&gt;In any case, if you use an ad blocker, which you absolutely should, the ads don&amp;#x27;t impact you.</text></comment>