Those &quot;real&quot; newspapers only existed due to the &quot;creepy&quot; ads that you hate. IIRC we&#x27;re talking like a third of the revenue coming from ads a decade ago. There are few newspapers in the world that would be economically viable with just subscription revenue, now or then.<p>If advertising dies as business model, it won&#x27;t be just the Buzzfeeds of the world that go with it. Of course nobody can force you to watch ads. But the people you&#x27;re hurting by doing that are in fact the same people making the content you&#x27;re actually viewing. Your glee about killing just the low quality content providers by blocking ads isn&#x27;t justified.