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Comment by chrisjj

8 hours ago

Can you really not conceive of some content sufficiently valuable to make it worth you consuming those ads?

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lelanthran  7 hours ago

> Can you really not conceive of some content sufficiently valuable to make it worth you consuming those ads?

Honestly, no.

Perhaps I am just lacking imagination; can you think of any content compelling enough that a) I am not prepared to pay to get it and b) I am still prepared to view ads to get it?

I can't imagine any type of content that I both don't want to pay for and feel it is worth sitting through the ads.

I expect the ratios matter as well; the average webpage/site has more ads than content that I specifically want. If I had to sit through a 10s ad to see a 90m movie, I might do it. As it stands, right now on youtube, there is a 30s-60s ad shown between 5-minute videos.

So, when I am not using Firefox, I simply don't go to youtube.

  • chrisjj  4 hours ago

    I don't know how much you can afford to pay. But I do know many users can afford to consume ads more than pay money.

barnabee  7 hours ago

To me this sounds like “can you not conceive of some content sufficiently valuable that you’d let someone get you addicted to their brand of cigarettes so you could get it for free”

If it’s that valuable, just let me pay a fair price to see it.

In general, I’d like to see personally targeted ads banned entirely and a legal requirement for a fairly priced (i.e. same order of magnitude as the lost ad revenue) ad free option.