I started to notice that more sites are turning into paywalls, and I don’t like that and would prefer ads over subscriptions.

I am curious, what does the general community think about that?

  • abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.usEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Obviously I don’t like either and I love both ad blockers and tools that bypass paywalls.

    But if forced to choose: I prefer ads. Here’s why - there’s no way I could reasonably afford to sign up for and pay for everything, if it was all behind a paywall. So I’d only have access to and be able to save a limited number of articles for myself.

    But if it’s just ad heavy, it’s more accessible and I can still save it. The range of what I’d be able to save and retain is much larger this way.