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by raw_anon_1111 244 days ago
Almost a 3rd of users use ad blockers

https://backlinko.com/ad-blockers-users

And just because you have users doesn’t mean it’s easy to create a profitable ad business - ask Yahoo. Besides we still don’t know how much inference costs. But there is a real marginal costs that wouldn’t be covered by ads. They definitely couldn’t make enough on ads to cover their training costs and other costs.