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user-inactivated  ·  4321 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love

Most of the more "hip" websites I use (Wikipedia, music trackers, occasionally webcomics, the smarter blogs and startups) have abandoned banner ads in favor of periodically relying on their users to donate or pay for extra features. Much better business model.

It's important to remember that business models with regard to the internet are still in the early trial-and-error stage. It took the automobile industry a while to get it right, etc. There's a natural evolution to these sorts of things.