> Advertising is really the only successful economic model of the web at this point and has been for more or less its entire existence (at least in so much as i

> Advertising is really the only successful economic model of the web at this point and has been for more or less its entire existence (at least in so much as it had economic relevance to begin with). This is false. Self-publishing on the web was successful to the point of dominance for a decade, and remains successful for many. In fact, "pamphleteering" has been successful for centuries without ads: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphleteer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphleteer Economic relevance of idea and knowledge sharing is unmeasured but not irrelevant.