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Computer and Electronics / Blocking ads
« on: February 15, 2016, 08:43:14 PM »Quote from: WeirdRaptor,Feb 15 2016 on 04:00 PM
In a fair world, yes. Everything you just said is an example of how things go in ideal conditions and under the assumption that nothing good EVER gets overlooked or that the competition doesn't play dirty. Good products and services DO get overlooked, everyday, and the businesses that spawn them DO unfairly go under. Its not a matter of their being exceptions to this, its a matter of it being an everyday thing, because this is an unfair world in which solid talent and know-how guarantees nothing. Luck is a big part of it, too. There are a million reasons a business can go under, and the answer is not always "because the product/advertising sucked". There are many factors that can go into it and you can't act like failed business/product was a failure due to lack of quality. There are many cases where that is true, but there many where it wasn't, too.You have to work VERY hard to get a product or service off the ground. What I don't like is some company with millions of dollars launching a crappy product or service and pumping millions into advertising to turn a tidy profit. Hard work is required. If you're not willing to do the hard work and just want to throw money at the problem, then you shouldn't be in business.
The point in all of this is that without ads, everything would be fine. Website owners would either provide real value for their visitors or go under. Companies would either put a lot of work and effort into their products and they would be very good, or they'll fade into oblivion. I'm not saying to eliminate ads completely overnight. That would be disastrous. But ads will be pretty much eliminated eventually by a large percentage of internet users using ad blockers. Those websites will either adapt or die. If they're smart they've started to do this already and provide real value so they can keep their audience and stay afloat during the transition. If not, they're going to sink and no one is going to miss them.