> Customers don't want to see ads. This strange assumption keeps perpetuated at HN as if it was the only possible opinion - but it's far from it. Personally, m

> Customers don't want to see ads. This strange assumption keeps perpetuated at HN as if it was the only possible opinion - but it's far from it. Personally, most of the ads I see on the internet are next versions of my favourite products, their next versions and related offerings, and I generally enjoy them and seldom click through to actually purchase something. And from talking to a lot of non-tech people, I actually tend to think that there's a lot more of people with similar experience that are just very silent in the whole ad debate.