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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Paying to access content makes a lot more sense that hoping someone willingly watches an advert on their own hardware.

An indirect, alternate could be universal basic income - which makes it easier for people to choose less profitable options.

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[–] dan@upvote.au 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

A lot of people either don't want to pay, or can't pay (eg people in developing nations with very low income). I agree that UBI would help, but we're a long way off from that being a standard thing in one country, let alone worldwide.

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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Those people who can't pay aren't really worth anything to advertise to, though.

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just so we're clear, you're proposing UBI as a solution to a global website showing ads

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[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Right. Turns out UBI is a solution to a lot of things.

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[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz -1 points 1 year ago

Are you aware that more than one country exists?

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

To authors of works getting compensated for sharing their efforts. So here it's a video content on a website, but also any other works on any other protocol.

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