The argument has been made before, that adblocking is a form of theft. I don’t disagree with it, and when a site blocks me for using ad block I accept it and either forgo the content or disable my Adblock.
Years ago there was an effort to allow users to pay a monthly fee to avoid ads. The idea was that this specific ad network would distribute those funds to the sites you visited in place of ad revenue, and the users would instead see a placeholder of their choice (like a grey block, cat pictures, etc).
I signed up for it, unfortunately they could never achieve market penetration compared to google Adsense, eventually the product died.
Unfortunately there is more money in collecting your behaviors, habits, and using that for targeted advertising than most people are willing to pay for content in aggregate.
YouTube and other platforms have seem some success in ad free options, but only on those targeted platforms where the value-add is clearer to the consumer.
Years ago there was an effort to allow users to pay a monthly fee to avoid ads. The idea was that this specific ad network would distribute those funds to the sites you visited in place of ad revenue, and the users would instead see a placeholder of their choice (like a grey block, cat pictures, etc).
I signed up for it, unfortunately they could never achieve market penetration compared to google Adsense, eventually the product died.
Unfortunately there is more money in collecting your behaviors, habits, and using that for targeted advertising than most people are willing to pay for content in aggregate.
YouTube and other platforms have seem some success in ad free options, but only on those targeted platforms where the value-add is clearer to the consumer.