Mastodawn

Nick @ The Linux Experiment Jul 11, 2023

With the recent moves from #Twitter, #Reddit, and even #Youtube, I think it’s becoming clear that ads are not a sustainable business model in the long run (and yes, I know I run a YouTube channel funded by ads 😅)

I took a look at a few examples, at how this decline is also making the web worse for everyone, at alternative platforms, and tried to imagine what an internet without ads to fund content creation and big platforms could look like:

https://youtu.be/NdTLj-xcqGM

The AD-BASED internet is DYING, and it's getting WORSE in the process

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Stephen Winson

@thelinuxEXP There’s a distinction to be made between ads. There’s the ads that people (like you) get in direct sponsorship, because they’re in the video/podcast/etc, and there’s the “ad tech” ads stapled on to websites, videos, or podcasts by clever machines. I think the latter is what’s under actual threat. The former will only grow, because people like you are incentivized to make ads that don’t drive away their viewers. I pay for YT Premium, but I still see your ads.