everybody deserves a room of ones own. [1]
ads are just a parasite pretending to provide it, manufacturing demand for overproduced commodities that are mostly harmful for humanity and our environment.
so long as the public library remains upheld as a public institution, with free access to information for all, ads remains merely a parasite slowly eating away at our perception of the public good. and it's no surprise in our rent-seeking, enshittifying economy that the library is crumbling.