> When you suggest this is a broken model and content producers also deserve compensation, the answer is typically "not my problem," basically. I hate ads. I h

> When you suggest this is a broken model and content producers also deserve compensation, the answer is typically "not my problem," basically. I hate ads. I hate that they track you. I hate that they waste data. But most of all I hate that they are annoying. I always use an ablocker and I don't care if you don't get paid because I didn't look at an ad. I am still busy with my degree this year. (I am studying part time) But next year I want to start my own website. With a blog and a place to share my side projects. Will I put ads on the website? Fuck no. In fact I will put up messages begging people to install adblockers if I detect that they aren't using one. Just because I write some interesting code or article and then share it on the public internet, doesn't mean people now owe me money. I don't deserve compensation for putting stuff on the internet, and why would anyone else? But if my employer didn't pay me I would be really pissed off. Because we have an agreement that I will write code for them and they will pay me for it. I don't remember signing a contract with the whole internet saying that I will pay everyone who publicly shares some text or other media. If someone is butthurt that they can't make a product/service/content valuable enough to sell it for money, but instead rely on advertisers for money, then that is their problem. Do you think we all deserve to be paid for commenting on hackernews? Lots of people here write incredibly interesting and insightful comments. We all do it for free without complaining. Edit: formatting/spelling