Moggy wrote:Carlos wrote:Genuine Q: why bother?
Whilst I know most creators make money from sponsorships rather than ad money surely by blocking commercials you’re depriving them of funds?
With a video medium comes video ads as well which actually fit together. I can 100% understand why you’d block video ads on a text based website because they don’t belong there.
Why do ads belong in video but not text?
Static adverts belong in text, just like the ads in a newspaper or magazine. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
If I was sat reading the Metro on the bus and somebody shoved their phone in my face with a video on it every time I turned the page I’d probably lamp them. This is what video adverts and even more specifically
content feels like when I’m trying to just read an article. Eurogamer are one of the worst for this.
I’ll happily watch video ads during video content because I’ve been doing this on TV for 40 years.