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by pb7 2345 days ago
As long as people who have next to nothing (a large portion of the world) can access valuable resources for free in exchange for looking at advertising, it is quite necessary. Even those who do have disposable income in first world countries are not interested in paying for a subscription to resources they rely on a daily basis. Ads are a necessary evil.
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Perhaps. But I contend that they are ineffective.