Ads are a cancer upon the world, far worse than poor free software funding, and people are understandably dismayed at seeing that cancer spread, no matter how j

Ads are a cancer upon the world, far worse than poor free software funding, and people are understandably dismayed at seeing that cancer spread, no matter how justifiable the reasons given. Paid software is increasingly filled with ads, and I would argue it is precisely the absence of a profit motive that has kept FOSS software so virtuous. See the effect it had on app stores.