But that is different than saying the prioritization of this as a "problem" is or is not affected by AdSense revenue. What we, as a bunch of highly technical p

But that is different than saying the prioritization of this as a "problem" is or is not affected by AdSense revenue. What we, as a bunch of highly technical people, see as a problem, Google's ranking decisions sees as, at best neutral and at worst, a positive. It may not affect ranking (and I do believe that), but I would certainly be willing to bet it affects them (and similar sites than aren't AdSense-based) not being de-ranked.