AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 14, 2016 17:38 UTC (Wed) by zlynx (guest, #2285)
In reply to: AMD's Display Core difficulties by hifi
Parent article: AMD's Display Core difficulties

He posted some statistics once. The set of Linux enthusiasts and the set of people running adblockers is almost a complete overlap.

So, yeah, Phoronix has some money issues. Subscription is really the only way to go. Maybe he needs to start blocking articles for a week like LWN.

As for constant money begging, what do you think those dollar signs next to every major LWN article are about? Just a bit more tasteful maybe, but the same thing.

AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 14, 2016 17:54 UTC (Wed) by hifi (guest, #109741) [Link]

I don't see bold paragraphs of complaining in paid LWN articles but I did see on Phoronix regardless if I was a subscriber or not. Tastefulness means a lot to some people.

Annoying the readers can have the opposite effect. I did subscribe for a year.

AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 15, 2016 12:47 UTC (Thu) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]

If Michael is that desperate for money, he'd invest some time into more payment options than just Paypal where you need an account. A simple but huge first step would be to allow for payment via Paypal with just a credit card but no account. That's indeed possible and would allow for me to subscribe. I wrote to Michael twice about this but no result. So no subscription either.

AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 16, 2016 7:26 UTC (Fri) by mjthayer (guest, #39183) [Link]

> He posted some statistics once. The set of Linux enthusiasts and the set of people running adblockers is almost a complete overlap.

I now use PrivacyBadger instead of an Ad-Blocker. Phoronix had problems with that until recently, but those seem to be resolved. I would expect that at least some proportion of those enthusiasts might be willing to do the same if asked nicely.

AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 16, 2016 15:02 UTC (Fri) by mstone_ (subscriber, #66309) [Link] (2 responses)

Interestingly, there's also just about complete overlap between ad networks and ad networks that periodically distribute ads with malicious content. Until the ad networks clean up their act there is no moral imperative to accept whatever crap they're trying to push down the pipe.

AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 18, 2016 10:23 UTC (Sun) by branden (guest, #7029) [Link]

Bruce Perens is _very_ disappointed in you.

AMD's Display Core difficulties

Posted Dec 27, 2016 20:59 UTC (Tue) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

There's also a very noticeable overlap between computer people and people with some degree of autism.

And a very strong overlap between people with autism, and people who can't stand noise and flashing images.

And there certainly was a strong overlap (maybe less so nowadays) between ad networks, and ad networks who sent loud flashy ads to all and sundry.

What's the difference between a person who uses an adblocker to read your site, and a person who at the first hint of an obnoxious ad just closes the tab and goes somewhere else? The guy who uses the ad blocker at least gets as far as reading the click-bait!

Cheers,
Wol