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Originally Posted by aka123
It is not just about business model. Branding is not business model, it is part of marketing. Of course ads are just one tool in branding tool box, but anyways, quite significant one.
I am saying that I can do what ever (legal stuff) I want regarding providing something for others. I can demand something in return, it is totally legal. They make their decisions, I make mine. One example of this is newspapers giving up free news stories in their websites, partially or totally and selling subscriptions to their sites. They can demand something in return, not just give up when their ad revenue declines. This doesn't sound like so bad-ass move in porn (as you do it already), but in today's news media it is.
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How do you feel about Muslims? ISIS has done a lot to brand them. Extreme but showa how people link their thinking.
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Originally Posted by aka123
Who has this kind of ad hate anyways? "An ad??!!! I fucking hate that company that is advertised in that banner."
It is anyways total oversimplification that people using ad blockers wouldn't want to see ads at all or would have very negative approach towards ads. Especially regarding end results. You know; many people have long been "These fucking TV ads, so much ads.. blaa.. blaa..." but they still buy things based on seeing ads. Why? Because that how they get to know the products in the first place. Or being displayed in the store (advertising). Even when he reads some social media post about it, the guy posting about it probably hasn't get to know the product by some telepathic way. No, he has first seen an ad about it or seen it in the store.
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It's another step on the road of pissing off the customers.
What you're not addressing is the possible upside. Ad blockers become so successful, Tubes are no longer profitable. Because webcams, penis pills and dating sites, can't subsidise them to get their 20,000,000 visitors a day. They will have advertise elsewhere. Or pay more for advertising.
We have become a tiny industry because of the emphasis on giving away porn in pursuit to place ads. Even a banner on an FHG is an "ad".
But they converted an average of 1-300 on clicks. And every time they gave away more porn to get more traffic. The ratio got worse every time.
A smart move would be sites giving them away for free. Think of the consequences.