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Google News Should Remove Paywall and forced adblock removers from feed

When I visit Google News and click a link I don't expect a paywall, I expect to read the news.

I also have never disabled an ad blocker because one site said I should in order to read their content. Another bad user experience.

I understand in both instances its their right to put a paywall or demand a removal of ad blocker but when aggregated by others, sites like Google News, the expectations of users are different and therefore, these sites should not be included and get traffic that for the most part, get nothing but a quick click to close window or a back button.

If the click doesn't match the user's expectation, you're doing it wrong.

21 points 77yy77yy 10 years ago 22 comments

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