> I understand that it sounds creepy, but it's worth noting that advertising is what pays for all the free content you enjoy on the internet. I found your stat

> I understand that it sounds creepy, but it's worth noting that advertising is what pays for all the free content you enjoy on the internet. I found your statement bit cocky, but you may not see it the same way since you work "in the field". And you are pretty much wrong. Large part of web is free. Wikipedia? Sure they ask for money and every year they come up with just enough, since people appreciate free content and asked are willing to donate. Heck, people even write free software that you can download from websites that are free of ads [Apache is the first thing came to my mind]. I am sure web would look different have Google not based its business model on advertising, etc, but I would never say that the internet fundamentals are based on paid advertise-displaying model. I don't believe Tim thought it will or should as well.