On the contrary, this is a great idea, and one I've considered doing myself (in fact, I think godot and I ran into each other discussing this subject on HN before).
I agree that advertising is useful and important, but it's too hard to make money from, and too easy to block with ABP et al.
My biggest gripe with this setup is that it comes with a built-in adblocker. It shouldn't seen as a tit-for-tat, the publisher should decide whether the user gets pushed ads or not (the user could still block these client-side, and the publisher could still block adblockers if they wanted to). I also don't think we need Yet-Another-Ad-Blocker, probably not a good idea to undertake that.
There should also be some sort of API that allows sites to check if the user is a CoinTent subscriber or not, which would allow the site to offer exclusive content to customers who actually pay.
People should get used to paying for things again, and a "cable subscription" model is the right type of thing here. A world where everything is free is unsustainable.
I agree that advertising is useful and important, but it's too hard to make money from, and too easy to block with ABP et al.
My biggest gripe with this setup is that it comes with a built-in adblocker. It shouldn't seen as a tit-for-tat, the publisher should decide whether the user gets pushed ads or not (the user could still block these client-side, and the publisher could still block adblockers if they wanted to). I also don't think we need Yet-Another-Ad-Blocker, probably not a good idea to undertake that.
There should also be some sort of API that allows sites to check if the user is a CoinTent subscriber or not, which would allow the site to offer exclusive content to customers who actually pay.
People should get used to paying for things again, and a "cable subscription" model is the right type of thing here. A world where everything is free is unsustainable.