Besides 3rd party ad blockers and browsers with built in blockers, what do you think about AK promoting
https://brave.com/ ? It is a browser that blocks ads and allows you to make a contribution to AK without subscribing. This would help offset the reduced income from blocked ads. Funds are for running the site,
Sorry you have not hooked up a new job yet Luther I wish you luck on that one. Thanks for checking in though.
I don't understand what they mean by micro payments, how all that will work and if we pay for the browser, or is it we sign up and let them know you all lead us there.
I have been getting very frustrated and feel the big browsers are getting way to much control and invasive in our lives. So anything there to get them out of my life I'm for, been thinking of deleting out of a lot of things on the web, it's getting spooky.
I installed a ad blocker and while it helps a bit, it's still not like it was for me about 4 months ago. Pages are still very slow and it never was like that for me, I have fast computers and internet. With the ad blocker I can see the blank ad blowing up larger than the page size going outside the boarders, then it disappears and the page loads. So it is the ad package that's screwing with the site and my performance. I don't know if you all signed up for something new or not but it's really effecting me in ways I don't like.
Personally I try to support the site anyway I can but I'm at my wits ends let alone how much I will pay for it. I'v alway subscribed since being here, and last year I decided to sponsor to help out more, as you all said you needed a new server. However then the performance of the site went down hill for me, so at this point I can't say I'll be doing that again.
With as many members the site has there is no way it can't support it's self if everyone helps. But everyone needs to, not just a few and others are here every day and don't contribute at all. I mean common in this day and age, with $800 phones with $60 monthly internet services, computer cost and home internet and on and on. They spend ton of money to be on the internet in the first place, so if it cost the price of a cup of coffee to post here all year, well the site could run just fine on it's own.
Maybe different membership packages?
And please any info you have how the brave browser collects money would be of great help.
