As if this were the only way to support such a service...

How about we techies stop kissing ass to the advertising execs and stand up to them for once??

They want more data, more relevant ads, more more more more more. Their ask is impossible without massive invasions of privacy. Fuck them, I say

Return to scattershot ads, they can understand me as an audience without having to mine every ounce of my life for it. That approach will produce more relevant ads for me anyway