I believe the reason you see sites without ads as superior on some level is because the absolute-highest-quality writers usually don’t have ads. Sites like Pau

I believe the reason you see sites without ads as superior on some level is because the absolute-highest-quality writers usually don’t have ads. Sites like Paul Graham’s, Eliezer Yudkowsky’s, Mark Cuban’s, and Steve Blank’s don’t have advertisements. I've been subscribed to Cuban's feed for some time now and think he has some interesting things to say on occasion but I wouldn't call him a high quality writer. He's not in the same category as the others listed there.