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Would you like to go back to the AOL model, where sites got a proportion of the user's AOL subscription?


In fact, this exists. It's called Flattr.


Flattr is a donation model, not a subscription model. Donation models are much less lucrative in general than nearly anything else because you can just forget to donate after reading. This is why Exhibit A for the donation revenue model is non-profits.


I would like that the Web stays at it is.


But you seem to argue against the culture of the web the way it currently is, which, whatever the morality of it (I use blockers with abandon!), includes both pushy, aggressive ads and ad blockers.




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