I mean, the web only started "depending" on advertising when corporations started believing they need to exploit the web (and all its users) as their next sourc

I mean, the web only started "depending" on advertising when corporations started believing they need to exploit the web (and all its users) as their next source of profit. I've built literally hundreds of websites and not a single one relied on nor necessitated advertising. They are all still running just fine (barring ones that have of course been rebuilt/replaced since the version(s) I worked on).