Lest we forget that banner ads date back to the late 90s at least. "Free by default" was enabled largely by advertising from the first, or as a sort of loss lea

Lest we forget that banner ads date back to the late 90s at least. "Free by default" was enabled largely by advertising from the first, or as a sort of loss leader for traditional media companies. It's more of a sophisticated chicken and egg scenario than you are making it out to be. It sounds like you are just victim blaming for people not demanding to be charged money for online content.