I should have specified ad monetization or product placement, brand promotion and things in that vein. I’m not against commercializing of the internet but I am against the ad revenue model that heavily distorts the content and presentation. I don’t know what the winning model looks like, lots have been suggested like micropayments, subscriptions, donations, and others more far fetched but none of that can take root until we remove the toxic ad industry.

I'm still kind of surprised to see people think of the internet as this static information library it was originally thought as. It hasn't been this way for decades.