Fix, don't fight ad blocking crisis, says new report

“Who is to blame for the ad blocking crisis? Look in the mirror. Who can solve the crisis? Look in the mirror again. We caused it and we can solve it. First, let us take a step back to appreciate how we got ourselves into this predicament. It is all about two sins.

“It started with the publishing industry’s ‘original sin’, giving content away free at the dawn of internet. A sin too many publishers continue to commit every day. As a result, it is very difficult to get anyone to pay for content these days. Readers see free content as almost a birth right.

“The first sin then made the second sin inevitable. By giving content away free, publishers left themselves only one option for covering their costs: advertising,”

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