[dragonwriter]

> The Internet was built on an advertising monetization model

No, it wasn't; the internet was built long before that. The advertising monetisation model didn't become significant until the internet was established as a popular mass venue.

Which makes sense; the audience drew advertising, not the other way around.

[flyinglizard]

Change that to "the commercial internet" then - not talking about the DARPA/Usenet/early www universe, but rather anything post 96-97 or so. It's either ecommerce or advertising ever since then.

[CaptSpify]

Why not talk about usenet/early www? Just because you can sweep it away doens't mean it didn't exist

[rayiner]

Or AOL.