> They only did it for ad revenue Most only did it for revenue and ad revenue just happens to be the easiest for many. I, for one, have never built a website

> They only did it for ad revenue Most only did it for revenue and ad revenue just happens to be the easiest for many. I, for one, have never built a website for the ad money. I get my money through value-add services such as showing what I can do, by showing what I have done; providing software and services to other people so that they can also create their own things and provide help and input. > You now have to put up with more lower value ads No I don't; I use adblockers, like everyone I know. Everyone as in not just developers or tech weenies. Everyone as in normal people with social lives or claim they don't worry about privacy because they have nothing to hide. People don't want their bandwidth (precious bandwidth these days) wasted, they don't want their battery wasted, they don't want their privacy violated. Let's build and promote platforms that empower content developers to get paid for their work through means other than advertisements. Patreon is a great example of that (and I wish I knew of other similar services).