You're comparing privacy invading, intrusive, battery draining, data chewing ad-networks, with a developer who asks you to pay a couple of bucks for something he's probably spent a month minimum developing.
Sorry, but no.
Those publishers have the option of asking their readers to pay for the content directly, which is exactly what the developer does.
They also have the option to use ad networks that aren't completely user-hostile.
Sorry, but no.
Those publishers have the option of asking their readers to pay for the content directly, which is exactly what the developer does.
They also have the option to use ad networks that aren't completely user-hostile.