It's a very intuitive explanation, yet the costs to remove ads from Hulu or YouTube are quite reasonable. It's possible search is a different beast I suppose.

It's a very intuitive explanation, yet the costs to remove ads from Hulu or YouTube are quite reasonable. It's possible search is a different beast I suppose. I know a lot of the search ads I click on are actually defensively purchased. The number one organic result bought the top ad slot just to defend their position. That feels far more like rent seeking than the ads on the video platforms.