I support the content creators I care about directly (or as directly as possible through services like Patreon or ko-fi. Others I might consume the content of b

I support the content creators I care about directly (or as directly as possible through services like Patreon or ko-fi. Others I might consume the content of but it is by no means deemed important to me. Even a one off $5 payment is more than they'd ever make off of me via ad revenue even if I watch every video on their channel for years. I host a lot of things out of pocket with the sole intention being to share them - not to profit off of them. I recognize that this is a privilege not everyone has but the internet was much better off when the incentive to create content was to share with other people even of it was at a personal loss. Now the incentive is what can go viral, get the most clicks, and be just clickbaity enough that people keep clicking but not clickbaity enough that people stop clicking. No thank you. If that is what the internet is I'd rather it die off so I don't really care if I'm contributing towards it dying or not.