And if ad supported content ceases to exist, nothing of value will have been lost. I’m not morally opposed to advertising, I find ad supported content not worth reading especially on mobile.
"Absolutely nothing on any website that relies on ads for revenue is of any value" is a wild take.
If the ad sites die, the AI crawlers will rise the hosting costs of all others sites buy putting more traffic on them.
So either they start adding ads too or the sites die also
I donate to electoral-vote.com via Patreon. Most of my news comes from podcasts and those ads don’t bother me as much as web ads. I said I wasn’t morally opposed to them.
I don’t use any app that is ad supported without the option to pay for an ad free experience the same with streaming services.
Thanks to AI crawlers the traffic costs will rise and all the sites who were ad free either need additional income, most likely ads, or will shut down.
That is, obviously, still ad-supported content...
The early web was eccentric and kind of … "shambly", but I would not be upset if we returned to that.
So now individuals putting up their sites face the risk of higher traffic fees.