How the web could thrive with adblock and user support
Ads suck, but what else is there? We think the answer is us--as in all of us reading the web. We are using adblockers as a way to start a conversation with readers: support us somehow, either via ads, or with a "fair pass" system, such as http://www.Atri.me/. To show how this could work on websites, we created *.demo.fairtread.co ( for instance: http://www.mit.edu.demo.fairtread.co/ ... try with your favorite site.). When you visit the demo url with an adblocker enabled, you'll see a "payment required" message. If you inspect the network tab, you'll also see…
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Ads suck, but what else is there? We think the answer is us--as in all of us reading the web. We are using adblockers as a way to start a conversation with readers: support us somehow, either via ads, or with a "fair pass" system, such as http://www.Atri.me/. To show how this could work on websites, we created *.demo.fairtread.co ( for instance: http://www.mit.edu.demo.fairtread.co/ ... try with your favorite site.). When you visit the demo url with an adblocker enabled, you'll see a "payment required" message. If you inspect the network tab, you'll also see that it's issuing a "402" http status code. If you install a fair pass (such as atri) you'll see that you can see the content again. The full system is now available for use at http://www.fairtread.com/
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