jtara - 7:02 pm on Sep 15, 2007 (gmt 0)

Better now to think about alternate revenue models. People are doing that. There are inline ads (hyperlinked to keywords in the article). Worse yet, there are articles that contain blatant endorsements for products.

That's still the same revenue model - advertising.

Why work for an employer who refuses to pay? Ad blockers are taking away the financial incentive to do the work.

Perhaps this is a GOOD thing. Frankly, 90+% of websites are garbage. Especially if you include the parked domains, MFA sites, etc.

The advertising model encourages pumping out garbage "content". If the advertising model dies, this garbage sites die with it. Good riddance! I'll be sorry to see a few good sites go.

I'll still be able to do my banking and investing online, Wikipedia will still be there to answer my trivia questions, still be able to buy stuff online and have it conveniently delivered to my home, still will be able to renew my car registration online, see if my plane is delayed, and will still be able to read the Wall Street Journal - which I PAY a subscription fee for.

I'm not so sure I will miss the sites that disappear, any more than I miss the Fuller Brush Man, Avon Lady, or Tupperware Parties.

The alarm bells ring a bit too loud here, where nearly everyone suffers from a certain myopia.

The sky isn't falling - though it's come a bit unglued right over a few of our heads.