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by kwhitefoot 3307 days ago
> Advertising is a critical component of the web, keeping content open and free for everyone.

This is repeated often. I'm sure it is true to a degree, but to what degree?

Many of the pages that I read have:

- no advertising at all (HN for instance, MDN, etc.),

- advertising that is very easy to ignore (e.g. BoingBoing), or

- content that I can live without