Chrome to Start Charging You in 2018

az99 wrote:

darsben1 wrote:

az99 wrote:
Looks like Chrome will soon be my former web browser.No way I will buy into this BS.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/google-confirms-ad-blocker-coming-to-chrome-in-2018.html

Please reread the article you posted. Then come up with a means to generate revenue for the companies that are out to make a profit. If you block ad's the publishers of websites for news, entertainment, etc get no revenue and then what.

I did read it. What part did you not see about pay?

"visits a participating site using Chrome, they will see a prompt that asks them to either turn off their ad blocker, or "pay for a pass that removes all ads on that site through the new Google Contributor." If they choose to pay the fee, Google will take a 10 percent cut. If they select neither choice, they won't be able to view the website.

So the website will block you if you use an ad blocker to stop ad's or you can pay a fee to have an ad free experience. It will be up to the website to decide if they want to do it. If you choose not to turn off your blocker you will not be able to view THEIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY which cost something to produce; or you can pay a fee to avoid the ads.
Did you work for free or did you expect to be paid for your output?

So the choice will be, see the ad's with no fee or pay for the privilege of an ad free experience.