Which is why the parent comment acknowledged that "Obviously things don't come for free, somebody has to pay for it".
The fact that ads got us here doesn't mean that we should uncritically accept that business model going forward.
The fact that ads got us here doesn't mean that we should uncritically accept that business model going forward.
We can even go one step further and say there can't be an ad attacking your attention when the page itself doesn't exist at all.
The bulk of the internet wouldn't exist if not for ads. Things like youtube almost certainly could not exist, with how expensive it is to store data, provide bandwidth, develop the site itself. It's only thanks to ads that the internet is where it is today.