[Analemma_]

> and comes a fundamentally from a "web consumer" mentality.

Because literally all of us are web consumers, so we're hostile to things that are hostile to web consumers. This is like saying there's really strong disdain for leaded gasoline which comes from a "human being breathing air" mentality.

> I think that it would be valuable to reframe the question from the producers point of view: 1) I am a niche small business - how do I let people know that I exist? 2) I run a website and would like to monetize it - how can I get paid for the content that I produce?

I don't fucking care. This isn't my problem, and I'm really annoyed that we've build a giant world-spanning surveillance apparatus out of people trying to make it my problem.

[pxc]

> > and comes a fundamentally from a "web consumer" mentality.

> Because literally all of us are web consumers

Exactly. GP might as well have written

> The problem is that you're considering your own interests. I think it would be useful for you to consider my interests.

[Aerroon]

How many videos on vine do you watch these days?

How the companies, where you consume content, monetize is very much relevant to you. You have a choice though - you can choose to not watch the content and you won't get advertised to.

[BizarroLand]

Yes, because placing access to society inside of a walled garden is ethical.