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Is this a better solution for ad supported creators dilemma? (lemmy.world)

submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I do agree it is not a dilemma to everyone. Still many believe that blocking ads harms creators supported by them. It is true for google adsense based platforms like youtube (youtube premium requires account, hence privacy implication).

Instead any content anyone watches can be rewatched with ads enabled.

In case a platform trust not logged in views less (as it might be on youtube, I am not sure) the privacy risk can be mitigated by having a -big enough) network of logged in account to 'view' the contents ad enabled.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Patreon is great, I'm talking about the gratis option. I personally have no 'guilt' regarding ad blockers and I don't remember last time I saw ad (except on other people's devices) online^1^. The question was about convincing people to use ad blocker or alt clients who do not want to or can't afford to pay creators directly.

^1^ excluding sponsorship in videos.. I do not use sponsorblock and I found sponsored contents from some channels useful.