I agree to a certain degree. I'm fine with tasteful, well-placed ads. The problem is that once it became lucrative, content providers binged on ad space such th

I agree to a certain degree. I'm fine with tasteful, well-placed ads. The problem is that once it became lucrative, content providers binged on ad space such that the remaining real estate for content was overshadowed by that used for advertisements. I _think_ I recall an HN link somewhere that showed some study of how the content:ad ratio has consistently declined, but I can't find the link right now. Long story short, I agree that it could negatively affect content, but it seems like binging on ad revenue has already negatively affected content.