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.

I already have an adblock extension on my Chrome. Several sites I frequent ask me to turn it off, in order to view their site. They are sites that have advertising, or offer an add-free subscription. So without people seeing the ads, the sites can't make any money from people without a subscription.

It's a perfectly reasonable option, and nothing really new.