You're paying them to not have to see the ads. It's one of those services where it's really easy to calculate if it's worth it by just roughly summing up hrs/mo

You're paying them to not have to see the ads. It's one of those services where it's really easy to calculate if it's worth it by just roughly summing up hrs/month you spend on ads vs content. I have never found a single service that's has "pay-to-remove-ads" as a business model ever deliver on the HN wet dream of "pay them to not track you."