I 100% agree with what the previous commentors put. My attitude is "You have the right to put whatever ads you want on your website, just as I have the right to use an ad-blocker."
In particular, I think this is where online newspaper journalism went downhill. The vast majority of these had very spammy annoying ads, which was exactly the opposite of what their clientele wanted. If you are the type of person looking to get a well-researched piece of newsworthy journalism, you are not going to be the type of person who is going to tolerate spammy ads. Such ads are pretty much the EXACT OPPOSITE of what the person was looking for when they browsed that newspaper site in the first place. Then the newspapers complain they can't make money. Well, they shot themselves in the foot. I agree with Maternitus that a notable exception to this behavior is The Guardian, which asks for donations politely and in a non-intrusive manner.
Going back to talking about sites in general (not just newspapers), I also agree with what everyone else put which was that if publishers can't make money due to ad-blocker use, then they need to have a different business model. That's the publisher's problem, not the consumer's.
So true...Add to that,a lot of people don't use ad blockers for various reasons.
But yep,they brought this house of cards down on themselves years ago,but try to blame us for fighting back.
I 100% agree with what the previous commentors put. My attitude is "You have the right to put whatever ads you want on your website, just as I have the right to use an ad-blocker."
In particular, I think this is where online newspaper journalism went downhill. The vast majority of these had very spammy annoying ads, which was exactly the opposite of what their clientele wanted. If you are the type of person looking to get a well-researched piece of newsworthy journalism, you are not going to be the type of person who is going to tolerate spammy ads. Such ads are pretty much the EXACT OPPOSITE of what the person was looking for when they browsed that newspaper site in the first place. Then the newspapers complain they can't make money. Well, they shot themselves in the foot. I agree with Maternitus that a notable exception to this behavior is The Guardian, which asks for donations politely and in a non-intrusive manner.
Going back to talking about sites in general (not just newspapers), I also agree with what everyone else put which was that if publishers can't make money due to ad-blocker use, then they need to have a different business model. That's the publisher's problem, not the consumer's.
So true...Add to that,a lot of people don't use ad blockers for various reasons. But yep,they brought this house of cards down on themselves years ago,but try to blame us for fighting back.