HN/Reddit: "I would love to just give you the money directly instead of watching ads in exchange for advertissers giving you money." Companies: "Sure, here's t

HN/Reddit: "I would love to just give you the money directly instead of watching ads in exchange for advertissers giving you money." Companies: "Sure, here's the ad-free version. You have to pay 20 times as much as the advertissers do though." anticensor: "OK, then; what if I pay the same amount as for the ad-free one, and you show me twice as many ads as before?" Companies: "OK, deal."