Googleの新しい試み。
毎月１ドル程度のお金を支払うことで広告のないサイトを見ることができるというシステム。
料金を払った人には広告部分にマスクがかかるという仕組みということ。
すでに有料でログインした人には広告フリーになるというサイトは存在している。
そうした手続きをもっと簡単にということのようだ。
しかしwebの内容そのものが広告であるような場合はどうするのかな？と思うところでもある。
BBCより。
Google launches ad-free net experiment
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30144073
Google has unveiled a project that offers web users the option to pay to visit sites rather than see adverts.
Dubbed Contributor, users can pay a monthly fee of between $1 to $3 for ad-free sites.
When those who have paid their subscriptions visit a participating site they will see pixelated patterns replacing the adverts.
It has so far signed up a handful of websites, including ScienceDaily and Urban Dictionary, to test the system.
Others in the current trial include WikiHow, Mashable and Imgur.
Access to the service is currently by invitation only and interested websites can sign up to be on the waiting list.
Contributor describes itself as “an experiment in additional ways to fund the web”.
“Today’s internet is mostly funded by advertising. But what if there were a way to directly support the people who create the sites you visit each day?” it asks.
A portion of the money goes to Google and a portion to the website.
Users log into the service via their Google account – which will trigger the ad-free version of sites.•••
