> Ergo they are out of business and you get severely limited content
Yes. That’s a side effect I think needs to be taken into account. I see ad blocking and the GDPR as a way of cleaning out bad actors (and their content), but hopefully also a way to give an advantage to good actors. Like authorities shutting down restaurants that don’t pay their taxes. The selection short term goes down, jobs are affected etc., but it’s unfair competition if they aren’t playing fair.
> where is this 'magical ad tech' that enables newsies to make a decent dolllar?
It's non existent.
To be clear I don’t mind if ad blocking and the GDPR in concert work to kill 90% of the 2000-2020 era web in terms of “free content”. Should the survival of online firms, content producers, the adtech industry etc even be a consideration here?
> people can chose to share some basic information
I’m all for that. But without transparency like what the GDPR tries to enforce, people aren’t making an informed decision.
I never consent to anything even on sites I really enjoy and wish would survive, because I don’t trust the chain of actors involved, nor do I understand exactly what I consent to.
But I’d be happy to fill in an extremely detailed survey about everything I’m interested in down to my shoe size, and have that data accessible by any site without even asking me. That together with the browsing context should be more than enough to show targeted ads.
In the end this discussion usually comes down to the question “yes you think subscriptions etc is better but don’t you think others should be free to pay with PII if both sides of the transaction agree? They are adults after all” to which my answer is basically “no”.
Yes. That’s a side effect I think needs to be taken into account. I see ad blocking and the GDPR as a way of cleaning out bad actors (and their content), but hopefully also a way to give an advantage to good actors. Like authorities shutting down restaurants that don’t pay their taxes. The selection short term goes down, jobs are affected etc., but it’s unfair competition if they aren’t playing fair.
> where is this 'magical ad tech' that enables newsies to make a decent dolllar? It's non existent.
To be clear I don’t mind if ad blocking and the GDPR in concert work to kill 90% of the 2000-2020 era web in terms of “free content”. Should the survival of online firms, content producers, the adtech industry etc even be a consideration here?
> people can chose to share some basic information
I’m all for that. But without transparency like what the GDPR tries to enforce, people aren’t making an informed decision.
I never consent to anything even on sites I really enjoy and wish would survive, because I don’t trust the chain of actors involved, nor do I understand exactly what I consent to.
But I’d be happy to fill in an extremely detailed survey about everything I’m interested in down to my shoe size, and have that data accessible by any site without even asking me. That together with the browsing context should be more than enough to show targeted ads.
In the end this discussion usually comes down to the question “yes you think subscriptions etc is better but don’t you think others should be free to pay with PII if both sides of the transaction agree? They are adults after all” to which my answer is basically “no”.