Ads and shit doesn't exist because there isn't a clear way to extract value. They exist because the folks that make decisions love ads and shit. You will end up

Ads and shit doesn't exist because there isn't a clear way to extract value. They exist because the folks that make decisions love ads and shit. You will end up paying a subscription for a bad product with few alternatives, just like most folks end up using Google now and pay with all their data. There simply isn't a good search engine, Google murdered all the real competition and what was left is mediocre.