> when newspapers and TV programs are created for the sole purpose to serve ads it just results in crap Do you think that they are created to enlighten and ent

> when newspapers and TV programs are created for the sole purpose to serve ads it just results in crap Do you think that they are created to enlighten and entertain you? The model is: get your attention, and mix some ads in with the content. User gets content, advertiser gets customers, publisher makes profit. The $3 you pay for a newspaper barely covers distribution costs. And they have to be created from scratch and actually printed every day. High frequency publishing and advertising have always co existed. And the internet is just the latest iteration of high frequency publication.