I saw products in my search today and reverted back to my main concern on how AI is going to get paid for —> varying levels of advertisement, product placement

I saw products in my search today and reverted back to my main concern on how AI is going to get paid for —> varying levels of advertisement, product placement etc. We are currently in the growth phase of VC funded products where everything is almost free or highly subsidized (save chats sub) - i am not looking forward to when quality drops and revenue is the driving function. We all have to pay for these models somehow - either VC lose their equity stakes and it goes to zero (some will) or ads will fill in where subs don’t. Political ads in AI is going to wreak havoc or undermine the remainder of the product.