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The biggest problem with the ad model is that it effectively kills off most chances of a paid ad-free product to exist.

The biggest problem with the ad model is that it effectively kills off most chances of a paid ad-free product to exist. If you had the option to pay to not have ads, many of the better off would pay for that privilege, most of which are the very people more advertisers are trying to reach. A market that includes everyone is going to be far more valuable per set of eyeballs than one that only includes people with not much money to spend.

Posted by malandrew on May 22, 2014, 5:10 PM

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The biggest problem with the ad model is that it effectively kills off most chances of a paid ad-free product to exist.

malandrewMay 22, 2014, 5:10 PM

The biggest problem with the ad model is that it effectively kills off most chances of a paid ad-free product to exist. If you had the option to pay to not have ads, many of the better off would pay for that privilege, most of which are the very people more advertisers are trying to reach. A market that includes everyone is going to be far more valuable per set of eyeballs than one that only includes people with not much money to spend.

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