Are there any sites or services in which you'd voluntarily look at ads to lend a hand?
Absolutely. After paying a gigantic broadband bill of "more than the cost of a BMW", Tom Green momentarily had to take down his videos to come up with an advertising strategy.
He now has popup ads that come up during the playback of the copious amounts of video he provides on his website (for free) and I know that many of his constituency (including myself) are happy to try to subsidise the amount of good will he has show us by clicking on the ads at every occasion.
People who give, give, give for free deserve to be rewarded and I can think of few who have given on their website as Tom has over the last year or so.
I totally agree with this.
Besides, what would the internet be without advertising-supported websites? Very empty, I would suggest. In fact, the website you are reading right now probably wouldn't exist.
I don't think I agree with this game triple-dipping, by trying to charge for the game, subscription and use advertising.
However, I do think that sometimes you have to acknowledge advertising as an enabler, not just an annoyance.
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Besides, what would the internet be without advertising-supported websites? Very empty, I would suggest. In fact, the website you are reading right now probably wouldn't exist.
I don't think I agree with this game triple-dipping, by trying to charge for the game, subscription and use advertising.
However, I do think that sometimes you have to acknowledge advertising as an enabler, not just an annoyance.