This is an internet ecosystem issue that is simplified to thoughtless bashing of supposedly evil companies. Yes, these actions are clumsy and user-hostile but c

This is an internet ecosystem issue that is simplified to thoughtless bashing of supposedly evil companies. Yes, these actions are clumsy and user-hostile but consider the big picture. We have companies like Reddit and Stackoverflow not being profitable, despite being wildly successful in usage and internet mind-share. Neither of these companies are particularly over-staffed. We post our "valuable" contributions there. So valuable that nobody wants to pay for it (structurally). We block ads. AI does the daylight robbery. We expect free APIs and data dumps. Perhaps this is our wake-up call. The limitations of the "free" model and companies running at a loss for 15 years straight. It was always an anomaly.