a paywall I am sure will be exactly as effective as google's attempts at ad-blocking on YouTube, for exactly the same reason: a dedicated group of pissed off nerds who spend their time getting around it as a service to everyone. Bypass Paywalls Clean is already a thing.

I don't need whatever's behind that nonsense.

So Google shuts you out of their rankings and results to sell this. Fuck you.

Drastically reducing website traffic speedrun any%

I'm offering anyone using the service a chance to fuck right off.

I wonder how much it’ll integrate with Chrome to prevent tampering. I know it’ll probably not be perfect, but….

I hope ublock origin can handle it and by handle I mean make sure my machine never connects to a google server

How do you support the media you consume?

That’s their secret, captain. They don’t.

Or, TBF, like in free-to-play games, they are subsidized by paying/non-ad-blocking users.

The cost of consuming media doesn’t match its worth.

I never used ad blockers until they became invasive and disruptive.