At least the solution is obvious, even if the path to an ad-free web is not. And it's a solution that also has the advantage of being a solid public good.
Should everyone be in a loss when they run a website?
You didn't deny it.
So I am assuming you sold something or participated with other people or groups that have sold something for profit on the internet.
> i manage to do so using money i make elsewhere
And the place you work at most likely has an internet presence (highly likely) to sell products and services?
You don't want your place of work to make money and not pay their server bills if they have an internet presence?
You're living in a fantasy land in 2026.
Have you bought a domain before or anything online before?
There is this disgusting belief in modern society that everything one does needs to generate money, otherwise it's not worth doing. Were we always like this?
This predates websites, it's called commerce.
Pick any medium, humans will always find a way to transact with one another, it's been like this for thousands of years.
I don't understand why you think websites and the internet should be exempt from this?
> > There is this disgusting belief in modern society that everything one does needs to generate money, otherwise it's not worth doing. Were we always like this?
Forget websites.
How are you going to pay the rent, or put food on the table for your children if you don't want to generate money?
Unless you're retired with savings (some on HN are), have an inheritance windfall or are living on government money, then you can do things that don't need an income.
Otherwise you need to generate an income.
Most of the world has always been this way. The idea of sharing and exploring for the sake of it was a Christian ideal that rose and fell with their influence in the west.
Multiculturalism exploits generosity; competing interests replaced shared goals. If you don't profit from your efforts, someone else will.
It's not speculative: if you make free space available to campers, the postmodern entrepreneur will sell access to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36686672
> Never had an ad on the site.
You know there are other ways of people making money without doing ads right?
> So do you expect everyone else to not earn an income from their website if they so choose?
> You know there are other ways of people making money without doing ads right?
Yes, of course. And as per the conversion, there was no need to mention that obvious fact.
If they can't pay you because they don't have customers, how will you (in a job) pay for the website to stay online without a job without using your savings?