Comments on “Cloak 3.0
Ouriel Ohayon@ourielohayon · appsfire, CEO/ isai (VC) co-founder
they could probably do also ad blocking. do you know what is their model? is this some type of onavo like?
Dave Peck@dangerdave · Founder, GetCloak.com
@ourielohayon Ad blocking is certainly something we keep our eyes on. We knew that iOS 9 was going to shake things up here so we've been taking a wait-and-see approach. It feels like a different product entirely, so we may just settle for recommending one to our users. We're in the "bootstrapped profitable and proud" category, so our model is to build good t… See more
Ouriel Ohayon@ourielohayon · appsfire, CEO/ isai (VC) co-founder
@dangerdave i don t think you should recommend a 3rd party. you should build yours
Dave Peck@dangerdave · Founder, GetCloak.com
@ourielohayon It does feel like a natural fit.
Ouriel Ohayon@ourielohayon · appsfire, CEO/ isai (VC) co-founder
@dangerdave specially with peace being out now
Dave Peck@dangerdave · Founder, GetCloak.com
@ourielohayon Yeah, bananas about Peace. One of the things we struggled with was whether it would be ethical to _charge_ for an ad blocker, particularly on a recurring basis. My feeling is probably not; we'd probably make it available whether or not you had a paid account.
Ouriel Ohayon@ourielohayon · appsfire, CEO/ isai (VC) co-founder
@dangerdave the problem of ethics is not about charging for ad blocking but whether ad blocking is ethical. I think it all depends how this is executed.
Dave Peck@dangerdave · Founder, GetCloak.com
@ourielohayon I'd probably argue that the problem of ethics is about charging _and_ about execution, both.
Ouriel Ohayon@ourielohayon · appsfire, CEO/ isai (VC) co-founder
@dangerdave charging is secondary. the true question is " is massive *by default* blocking the only source of revenues that make the site you re reading possible right because ads add a few seconds of your time to load?".