Google is launching Offerwall, A new tool for publishers/websites to paywall their content. (blog.google)
from Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 16:30
https://programming.dev/post/32926302

Paywall in action.

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Deestan@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 16:36 next collapse

Let me guess: There are ways for Google’s scraping, search engine, and AI model training to bypass this.

Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me on 26 Jun 16:53 next collapse

And hopefully ad blockers too.

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 26 Jun 17:41 next collapse

My first thought.

einlander@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 17:53 collapse

That or if Google hosts the service, they will just charge you a nominal fee. So the user will put the money in the basket or else they scrape the content again.

Naich@lemmings.world on 26 Jun 16:43 next collapse

Makes it easier to see which sites to avoid, I guess.

njordomir@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 17:19 collapse

Yeah, I don’t care if they invent a paywall that jumps out of the screen and gives me a top notch scalp massage. I don’t do paywalls.

TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee on 27 Jun 08:14 collapse

How do you support the media you consume?

TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub on 27 Jun 08:45 next collapse

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.

Eggyhead@lemmings.world on 27 Jun 22:24 collapse

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

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

FaceDeer@fedia.io on 26 Jun 18:12 next collapse

Meanwhile, publishers: "why is everyone using AI instead of viewing our sites themselves?"

ohellidk@sh.itjust.works on 26 Jun 18:24 next collapse

Hopefully ublock can handle those.

db2@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 18:56 collapse

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

kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com on 26 Jun 21:18 collapse

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

forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org on 26 Jun 18:27 next collapse

So, once somebody figures out how to easily bypass this, that’ll work in my favor in the end I hope.

paraphrand@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 21:04 collapse

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

archonet@lemy.lol on 26 Jun 18:27 next collapse

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.

Krudler@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 19:29 next collapse

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

nebulaone@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 20:07 next collapse

Drastically reducing website traffic speedrun any%

Schwim@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 20:31 collapse

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