[throwawaynay]

Great content without ads was normal on the internet for decades

if anything ads and SEO pushed people to produce worse content to make more cash

creating good content costs nothing besides your time, hosting good content costs almost nothing if your website is designed correctly

[paulryanrogers]

> Great content without ads was normal on the internet for decades

How true is this? I began surfing the web around 1996, and recall seeing ads from day one. And video ads when surfing at the university that same year.