I think it would be better. People are willing to pay for good services, and hobbyists are willing to build systems and give them away for free. The Internet w

I think it would be better. People are willing to pay for good services, and hobbyists are willing to build systems and give them away for free. The Internet was around for a long time before advertising. It was also better in many ways. People built things because they wanted them to work well, not because they were tied to a profit center. The more advertising has gotten into the web, the lower the signal-to-noise ratio has gotten.