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However, my YouTube life is now entirely ad free. Paying for an ad-free service is just nicer than blocking ads.
Open in the app. Solutions for: Yes No. But the competition has moved on. Well, You Are. Restart Firefox. And where are viewers most likely to encounter ads for Lyrica a pill for diabetic nerve pain, among other ailments , Humira a drug for rheumatoid arthritis , Eliquis an anticoagulant that is meant to treat blood clots and to lower the risk of strokes and other prescription medications?
So nice, in fact, that I decided to up the ante and pay for the mostly commercial free tier of Hulu. It was at this point that I almost completely forgot ads exist. Netflix, Plex, Hulu, and YouTube are my main sources of video entertainment. This is the life.
I was already paying for a Play Music subscription and regular Hulu. With the exception of four extra dollars I pay every month to Hulu, nothing has really changed for me. That may not be the case for everyone, but I appreciate having the option. As a consumer, I have choice. Now I want this option everywhere. Without even considering matters of conscience, I already convinced myself that going ad-free was a good idea.
Ad blocking is a bit of a murky ethical area because ads can be intrusive and even invasive. Even though lots of content creators rely on ads to get paid that includes us at Lifehacker! When it comes to services that offer the option of paying to remove ads, though, the issue gets a hell of a lot clearer. Content creators have to make money somehow.
This is why ads get so obnoxious to begin with. A paid, ad-free option is a truce between creator and consumer. For the larger web, this issue is likely to stay complex for a long time. Otherwise the internet could get a lot worse. And both wells are starting to run dry for a lot of companies you might care about.. Advertising is having a rougher go of it after a combination of factors made ad blocking easier than ever.
Apple made it easy to create mobile ad blockers on the iPhone, and regular ad blockers are just getting better. This has led to more and more people using ad blockers , which means sites both large and small are looking towards alternative ways to make money. To put it simply, this means that an investor comes in and gives a small company a boatload of money to get started, hoping that they will eventually make money some day.
In the early days of the web, this led to a lot of companies that made free products to build a customer base. However, many now-large media companies are reaching the point where they have to make money or risk closing down. All of this revolves around one simple truth: Some creators might offer reasonable solutions like charging for additional features or running Patreons. Others may try more nefarious plots like tracking more personal data, using even more obnoxious ads , or resorting to abusive microtransaction systems.
By not paying for stuff directly and then blocking the ads that support free stuff, we have made them very desperate.