[velcrovan]

> Realistically, what was the benefit of the ad-driven model? ...Is this really what we want to preserve? Big publications and their interests?

They are proposing a scheme by which AI scrapers would have to pay for the content they scrape, which could replace the ad-driven model and be viable for more creators.

[vorpalhex]

How is this better for creators than ads?

[velcrovan]

Ads are ugly and invasive and bloated and slow.

[RyanHamilton]

After AI scrape the ad free content, they'll probably turn around and show end users the AI summary with Ads. It never ends. The problem is a much deeper flaw at the heart of capitalism. Enshitification of everything.