The producers of content that I view not being financially secure is a problem. I've read a lot of useful stuff over the years, and I really want the people who

The producers of content that I view not being financially secure is a problem. I've read a lot of useful stuff over the years, and I really want the people who made that possible to thrive. I don't particularly care about whether they can buy flash cars, but I do care about them being able to live without stress and continue to do the things they love and are best at. As far as I'm concerned, the problem looks like this: 1. Society isn't providing them with a way to live, so it's down to me (and others like me) to help out. Which leads to: 2. I'm not wealthy enough to feel like I can give back to them, or there's no reasonable interface to do so Which leads to: 3. Out of desperation, they try to force my hand by employing advertising (so that indirectly there's a cashflow). I'd rather work on #1 and #2 directly than look at #3. I'm not that interested in short term solutions, and advertising is a particularly ugly one.