"Part of it is due to the fact that advertising has worked just fine without tracking for literally hundreds of years in a variety of different media." Magazin

"Part of it is due to the fact that advertising has worked just fine without tracking for literally hundreds of years in a variety of different media." Magazines, radio, and television are all tracked in different ways. When were ads not tracking users? On stone tablets? "Wealthy people already subsidize lots of content for political gain, so nothing is changed by having it be targeted ad supported or not." They do, but it would be a much smaller percentage if the content creators had a way to monetize it. "Most small companies cannot use the legitimate ad networks because they don't have enough volume. So this is a non-issue." How is it a 'non-issue'? Many startups, especially here on HN, rely on advertising as a business model.