[2015-12-19] Asus To Ship Mobile Devices With Adblock Plus Integration – Monitiz

[jdebunt]

The concept of blocking website advertisements is nothing new under the sun. In recent months, Apple has allowed ad blockers into their app store, allowing users on mobile devices not to see any unwanted advertisements on the Internet. Asus is taking things one step further, as the manufacturer will ship out devices with integrated Adblock Plus support.

http://bitcoinist.net/asus-to-ship-mobile-devices-with-adblock-plus-integration-monitizing-bitcoin-content-will-change/

[maku]

The concept of blocking website advertisements is nothing new under the sun. In recent months, Apple has allowed ad blockers into their app store, allowing users on mobile devices not to see any unwanted advertisements on the Internet. Asus is taking things one step further, as the manufacturer will ship out devices with integrated Adblock Plus support.

http://bitcoinist.net/asus-to-ship-mobile-devices-with-adblock-plus-integration-monitizing-bitcoin-content-will-change/

The real interesting part of this article is this that removing ads will create opportunity for Bitcoin Micro transactions instead.
Micro transactions on a pay per article, or online content could be an alternative solution although it would require a cheaper payment method, such as Bitcoin.