Ads impose a cost on everybody who sees them. People see thousands of ads per day, which to my mind is the psychological equivalent of breathing car exhaust and

Ads impose a cost on everybody who sees them. People see thousands of ads per day, which to my mind is the psychological equivalent of breathing car exhaust and drinking lead-poisoned water. Crypto doesn't have nearly the reach, though I agree it's similar (on a smaller scale) in its waste of talent and its enrichment of careless, greedy, unscrupulous people.