You can definitely consider tracking and advertising as an extra cost of any service. You are obviously free to cancel services that are too expensive for you.

You can definitely consider tracking and advertising as an extra cost of any service. You are obviously free to cancel services that are too expensive for you. The answer to your second question is yes. How many newspapers do you think we would still have without digital advertising? Close to zero. What people are willing to pay for and what is actually good for themselves and society are two different things. Advertising is a capitalist way to democratize attention. I also sincerely hope everyone complaining about advertising is a hardcore socialist or communist. If not they are awfully hypocritical.