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by initramfs 12 days ago
I agree with this, and think even chip designers are starting to rent transistor parcels to advertisers like NASCAR jacket patches.

But seriously, without anyone addressing the elephant in the room, there is no way to make the web simple as ad less.

The newspapers of the late 19th century did this with color page cartoons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Kid

People bought the newspaper for the cartoons rather than the ads, but the ads supported to printing costs. Eventually the competition became so fierce one of the news giants lowered their cost to 1 penny.

Maybe lightweight internet use is a skill that needs to be trained. But with a solid connection for working, I see this less prioritized.