> Sites like thewirecutter.com make their money from affiliate links Yes, there are multiple ways to monetize things on the Internet. Affiliate links work very

> Sites like thewirecutter.com make their money from affiliate links Yes, there are multiple ways to monetize things on the Internet. Affiliate links work very well for Wirecutter, because it is based around people trying to buy things. If you're forbes.com however, affiliate links don't really work. > Ads are not the answer. In fact, an interesting thing happened when a city banned the use of outdoor ads... If the problem we're trying to solve is, "How can we pay content creators what they need in order to continue producing content?" then an anecdote about outdoor advertising and billboards is largely irrelevant. Of course, your proposed solution may be, "No one gets paid for content and the content ceases to exist because I don't like ads," and that may be what happens to some degree, but I personally wouldn't like that solution very much.