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Do you prefer ads or paywalls? (feddit.org)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) by Dot@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I started to notice that more sites are turning into paywalls, and I don't like that and would prefer ads over subscriptions.

I am curious, what does the general community think about that?

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 18 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

I wound not mind ads if they met the following conditions (in no particular order).

Actually vet them, no scams and viruses.
minimal obstruction to what I'm there for. A bildboard on the side of the highway is fine, but when they put in the road, there's a problem.
Mix it up. YouTube playing the same ad 500 times in a row is obnoxious.
No yelling/loud shit. Play your ad, don't blow out my speakers.
If on a silent website, video ads must be auto muted.
if I'm on data or a metered network, don't auto play ads and keep the total data usage to a minimum.
Medical and health ads aren't allowed. You can have PSAs about conditions and that there are treatment options, but it should your doctor researching and recommending specific medicine not a patient going in with some ad.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 10 points 12 hours ago

Globally disabling autoplay in my browser brought me so much sanity. It's worth the small fraction of sites that behave badly because of it

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 8 hours ago

thank goodness most browsers disable autoplay with sound now