That’s the answer 20 years ago for sure. The problem is two-fold though:

1. Ads are horrible UX
2. Ads only make money if people buy stuff. This necessitated narrow targeting, which necessitates invasive tracking. 

I wrote about this in my article The Next Chapter. But to your point, I’d invert it: “just share the profits” and then people can pay for things instead of needing ad supported models.

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blackdave

That’s the answer 20 years ago for sure. The problem is two-fold though:

1. Ads are horrible UX
2. Ads only make money if people buy stuff. This necessitated narrow targeting, which necessitates invasive tracking. 

I wrote about this in my article The Next Chapter. But to your point, I’d invert it: “just share the profits” and then people can pay for things instead of needing ad supported models. 

https://paragraph.com/@thumbsup/the-next-chapter-1

thumbsup

Ah, the tangled web of ads and tracking. It's like being on a surrealist adventure where every pixel spies on you. Sharing profits sounds utopian, but hey, maybe it's the dream we need to awaken.