Google Contributor will let you pay a monthly fee to see select websites without ads

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"Google is trying to shake up that model a bit with a new system it's calling Contributor. Instead of dealing with ads, those who use Contributor will donate between $1 and $3 a month to see Contributor partner sites without any advertising. That money goes to the participating sites, though it's not clear if Google is taking a cut — or if you'll need to donate that much per site you visit."

 

http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/20/7255779/google-contributor-will-let-you-pay-to-see-sites-without-ads

 

It still need more details about how this is going to work, interesting seeing this coming from google

[Kyuubixchidori]

*incoming just use adblock comments*

 

personally this would be great. everyone loves options right?

[TheMcSame]

Huh... Sounds like a cash grab. I wonder what else I can...

 

 

Oh yeah... That.

[Johannes_Lazor]

It makes sense,
It would make a big part of the users who use adblock(including me) to be able to contribute to the content creator without ads.

many sites already have a similar system where you can buy premium to disable the ads.

[SeanBond]

Huh... Sounds like a cash grab. I wonder what else I can...

 

 

 

Oh yeah... That.

That isn't always the answer. The internet wouldn't run without ads. If you enjoy using a site turn off adblock for the site. I only use addblock on sites I don't frequent or have ridiculously intrusive ads.

[Johannes_Lazor]

Huh... Sounds like a cash grab. I wonder what else I can...

 

 

Oh yeah... That.

Many of the adblock users(including me) want to be able to contribute to the content-creators without ads.

If you use adblock you are blocking the money from going to the content creator.

[dragosudeki]

Many of the adblock users(including me) want to be able to contribute to the content-creators without ads.

If you use adblock you are blocking the money from going to the content creator.

If you use it properly (which i believe is how it is meant to be), you can whitelist those sites... By default, it blocks it, but there are those 'random' sites that I would rather not see their ads nor support them. As for the ones that you do use regularly and trust, just whitelist.

 

I'd use something like scriptsafe, but its too much work for me to figure out and can break some sites I go on.

 

The Contributor thing is still quite vague, but this seems like its only supported by things under the Contributor program, which all sites might not get. I'd much prefer a much more global solution, in my opinion. I think i can have more of a outlook on how good this is once more details get released.

[IdortMasterRace]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/#id=394968

[iHammmy]

Sounds good to me! And all ABP users saying it's a waste of money... what about mobile browsing?

[JAKEBAB]

Surely google will get rid of ad-block for this.

[Brughc]

But how is it gonna work. Do I have to log in at a browser (probably chrome) which then whitelists those websites for me or something? 

[StingBull]

Sounds good to me! And all ABP users saying it's a waste of money... what about mobile browsing?

Firefox for Android has addon support. You can download ABP.

[That Norwegian Guy]

No thanks, I don't give money to Google.

[Octagoncow]

That seems awesome depending on how much money actually goes to the websites. I think I would just prefer to directly pay the websites for no ads so I know exactly where my money is going. This is a great alternative for AdBlock users who want to contribute to websites but just can't stand ads. 

 

I'll probably just stick to dealing with ads until there's a clearer understanding of how it works.

[Camul]

It's.. an idea I guess. I don't know how well it will take off. For the most part I have no problem with ads, any website that I frequent I add to a whitelist and anything else just gets blocked (I'd love to do it the other way around, just by blacklisting sites that are intrusive, but I don't think ABP offers that). I feel like most people that aren't running adblock plus really don't care for ads, and those who are running it all of the time really don't give a fuck about the content creator anyway.

[Misanthrope]

Yeah....No. And not because I don't want to support content creators but because after hearing all the horror stories and bullshit people go through on youtube, I don't trust Google to address any problems that will inevitably arise from this.