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The last time Google contributor got brought up, I mentioned I'd be happy to participate so long as I wasn't being tracked and could still block any remaining ads. As is, it seems that running adblock would prevent contributor from paying any of the sites I visit so I don't see the point.

I actually don't even run an adblocker any more - I just use a javascript blocker set for "default deny" which seems to work just about as well as a real adblocker.

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How do you propose they pay websites you visit without tracking which websites you visit?

I should have been a bit more clear - obviously they need to know who I am, and they need to figure out billing, but they don't need to keep any long term records or use those records for anything else.

If your browser directly negotiates with the site, there would be no third party aggregating data. If federated, you could choose the payment processor (perhaps bitcoin?), and only companies (or distributed protocols) you implicitly or explicitly trust receive the data.

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