There&#x27;s a web without ads.  Sites that actually sell products, from Amazon on down, don&#x27;t need third party ads on their sites. Sites which discuss some specific topic often have forums, because they want more people talking about startups, or CNC machining, or private jets.  Running Wordpress is cheap, except for keeping other people from spamming their ads onto it.<p>On the mobile side, Apple sells hardware, which pays for the servers that power Siri.  Search engines may end up with that model.<p>The news industry is already dead. Except for the New York Times, Reuters, and the Economist, news sites are mostly fluff.<p>It&#x27;s time for a tax on advertising.