Wherever I go, I often see the sentiment “This website has ads, so it’s trash” pop up in conversations. And honestly I don’t quite get why. 90% of the internet has always had ads, you just scroll past them and mind your business. At least they’re personalized now so you can pick a topic you like instead of diapers and miscellanous spammy trash as there once were.
Also all kinds of viruses, malware, adware, crypto miners and other kind of shit that doesn’t get filtered because fuck the users as long as the company paying for the ads actually pays.