Readit Newsshashankjain16 commented on Google outage – resolved · Posted by u/abluecloud
HN also seems to be loading slow with sudden inflow of traffic. Would be funny if HN goes down because of Google outage
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> doesn't it make sense to offer an "ad-free" plan where they do not track the user and do not show them ads.
They did try it with Google Contributor, but only for a short amount of time to a limited set of users (US only). Now it changed to be for specific websites only which is pretty absurd.
I believe they haven't move toward ad-free plans simply because it would cannibalize their own product. They can sell ad space because they get ad view from all type of consumer. If they can't reach theses consumers, they have nothing to sell, thus will lose theses sales.
I think it's absurd though because it's the future and instead each website will implements it (and some will implements it together) which will cannibalize Google. Patreon is just the beginning.
I think customer willing to pay to not to be tracked is not a customer for them anyway. For example, I myself have adblockers installed, use Firefox with tracking protection, use Duckduckgo as search and Outlook as email (this can be debated). It's true that not everyone can go that far in protecting themselves from tracking, but adblockers are quite common.
Web ad-platforms are different from traditional ad-platforms, like television, because in latter you don't really have an option to skip/ignore ads.
How significant would the revenue from these services? I mean, if it's quite significant, doesn't it make sense to offer an "ad-free" plan where they do not track the user and do not show them ads. Only a small portion of their tracking user base would be affected and they would not lose many of the privacy aware users as customers.
However, there are downsides to this. To compete with Jio. All the carriers have massively decreased the prices to match Jio. This has increased congestion in all metro areas.
Things don't work when I most need it. I cannot book an Uber in the middle of the city. The uber drivers struggle to get the navigation right. I sometimes hear "All channels occupied" error when I'm calling. I never knew such an error existed.
I had tried Jio in the initial days. The coverage was spotty at best. No one I know use Jio as a primary connection. Most people use a dual SIM phone, which I don't have.
Even if the access of internet has increased, the overall quality of cell service has decreased at lot, no matter what the carrier.
Edit: Bypass the paywall - http://facebook.com/l.php?u=https://www.wsj.com/articles/two...
How do you really define a primary connection? Nowadays, most people I know, call from their Jio SIM and I can them on the same number. I believe their previous number is just there for legacy reasons. Most of the communication now happens over JIO. I am myself looking to switch my 10-year-old number from Airtel to Jio, and I have a single sim iPhone.