Comment by drnick1
2 days ago
> The problem is that people want a "free internet" without ads
Just run an ad blocker and be done with it. The business model of the website is not my problem; if websites cannot cover their costs without printing ads that I do not want to see, then they will disappear. We will be left with websites that are actually useful, for example businesses operating a website to sell things, or that are funded through donations (e.g. free software).
The business model of any website that you care is your business. Or else it may just disappear. For example, this is why we all pay a maintenance fee on a small forum that we keep for 20 years, because without that it will close. "Not my business" can easily get to "no revenue" that means "no web site".
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