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Last time that I brought a (local) technology magazine it was filled with ads. Paying for content and ads are not exclusive.

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It's a pity in my opinion. But I understand magazine business is hard and you cannot give an alternative ad free format, more expensive, in kiosks.

If ads are a valid funding model and payment is a valid model, why wouldn't both together be valid? What matters is the total price, now how it is broken down.

Here is a gross example to make my point.

Imagine, when buying your groceries, you had to pay half cash, half by prostituting yourself. Nobody would want that.

Though, prostitution is a valid funding model, as sex workers earn a living with it.

To extend the metaphor, I see advertising as some kind of prostitution for my brain. I do not want that for my brain.

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