I am eternally grateful to the hippies who created the Internet, open protocols and all that, but I think making everything free was a mistake, which opened the

I am eternally grateful to the hippies who created the Internet, open protocols and all that, but I think making everything free was a mistake, which opened the door for advertising (and the tracking that goes with it) to step in and fill the gap. If Google search was subscription from day one, how different would the world be now?