I see value in ads when they target me specifically and alert me to some product or product alternative that I didn't know about before the ad. But that is a ve

I see value in ads when they target me specifically and alert me to some product or product alternative that I didn't know about before the ad. But that is a very small sliver of ads. There's a blog I follow that doesn't use ads but rather product recommendations with Amazon affiliate links. This type of advertising is pretty valuable to me and when/if I want to purchase the product, I use the affiliate link to do so to "pay" the blog author for the high quality content.