This might explain why imgur suddenly decided to make all accounts equal and refund my subscription fee.
As others have expressed, Google's tendency to abandon things means I don't take this very seriously and would rather see sites that want to use this model go with another company that's committed to the idea as a business.
It's not necessarily Google's fault that they will not treat this seriously enough. They've simply been too successful when it comes to advertising. I do think they should leave this sort of thing to other companies if they feel any sense of social responsibility, though.
As others have expressed, Google's tendency to abandon things means I don't take this very seriously and would rather see sites that want to use this model go with another company that's committed to the idea as a business.