> Which is why ads are the only way to monetize it and be able to actually have it somewhere. Why do we need to have it somewhere if nobody wants it enough to

> Which is why ads are the only way to monetize it and be able to actually have it somewhere. Why do we need to have it somewhere if nobody wants it enough to pay for it? > Except nothing is free. Someone has to pay for it. If it's not ad networks and if it's not donations (again, mostly because most content is worthless, and probably also because most people are greedy), who will pay for it? People who want to disseminate information will pay to do so. Hacker News doesn't have ads. YCombinator is paying for it because it serves their purposes to have an online community for hackers. People write and create other content for a variety of reasons. Usually the best content is not created to maximize the amount of money it makes.