Thanks for the reply!

I agree there is no such thing as a free lunch, and that it should be expected that there is some way for a website owner to pay to keep the site going. But that is not the same thing as saying that a website owner should just insert that code and not notify them of whats going on. Aside from the fact that this will undoubtedly land them in legal troubles, if there is a demand for the content then people will opt in. Current website monetization schemes such as the surveys are annoying because it interrupts the end goal of getting to the site. Ads are distracting/annoying as you have already pointed out, so I love the solution you have come up with. But please, please do not underestimate the push back you will encounter if you encourage website owners to do this in anything less than a completely open and transparent way. Let the user decide if they are ok with sharing their device resources. if not, either ask for money or give them adds, but don't try and sneak it in and hope they don't notice.

For point 4, i was more specifically asking about the cpu/gpu capabilities of the device but yes the internet connection would also be an important factor. I like that idea of ongoing resource evaluation because if I visited one of these sites and my computer started to slowdown I would probably stop going to that site.

Thanks,

John