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>And if ad supported content ceases to exist, nothing of value will have been lost.

"Absolutely nothing on any website that relies on ads for revenue is of any value" is a wild take.

My sense is (call me naive if you like) but if the thing was of value, it would survive (or be reborn in another form) without ads. Donation supported sites (looking at you Wikipedia) or just passion projects would continue.

To be more precise, it might be air value but not worth the trade off of ads - they take away the value.

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