"Paywalls are not the solution. Another website will appear that offers comparable content for free." But as you've described it, that 'other website' is far i

"Paywalls are not the solution. Another website will appear that offers comparable content for free." But as you've described it, that 'other website' is far inferior: it contains crap-loads of advertising that I need to take steps to remove in order to make the site usable. In such cases, I'd far rather pay a tiny amount of money to view unencumbered content.