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What I want is incompatible with a lot of businesses sustaining themselves. That doesn't change anything in how I think regulation or technology should work here. I think we should have both technological change and regulatory change in the online ad industry that would wipe out a large chunk of the ecosystem.

In economics, the phrase "what the market will bear " often comes up. Consumers will block obnoxious ads up to what companies will bear.

There's no "right to have a sustainable business", sorry.

I honestly do not understand this point. If they offer me a 50/year sub that is not sustainable without extra ads then adjust the fucking price.

Set a price to make it sustainable.

Offer a 50/year plan with limited ads and a 200/year with no ads and be upfront about why those are the costs.

It’s not rocket science.

The customer is always right.

"The customer" as a broad concept is perfectly fine with advertising, which would make you wrong.