The difference is back in 2000s the technically savvy demographic did not have the purchasing power to make a difference , i.e. people who had money to buy thin

The difference is back in 2000s the technically savvy demographic did not have the purchasing power to make a difference , i.e. people who had money to buy things clicked on ads. Things have already changed that is partly why making ads to get easy revenue is harder, in another 20 years there will not be a pre-internet generation who can be dependent on to click ads. However ads are not going away, for example although I pay for YT premium and run ublock origin, there are plenty of ads within the video itself . if you have browsed education videos on YT you will know brands like CuriosityStream, nebula, nordVPN, brilliant, skillshare. etc. Similar and far worse practices happen in other mediums, with influencers on instagram and sponsored posts masquerading as neutral content etc. It is becoming lot harder to filter it out, lesser and lesser ads are effective we will see more of this .