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ad blockers have a tough fight to gain widespread usage, specially because ads are the de-facto monetization strategy, plus they are so easy to use.

A service such as yours offer the value of not showing ads, which for some niche is something worth paying for, so a subscription based service seems natural.

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> ad blockers have a tough fight to gain widespread usage, specially because ads are the de-facto monetization strategy, plus they are so easy to use.

The fact that ads are easy to use and ubiquitous is what will make ad blocker usage skyrocket.

Think of ads as spam. There are a ton of spam filters, nevertheless spam cannot be eliminated completely. Ads are even harder to remove since they represent a revenue stream. THE revenue stream online.

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