&gt; Personally I want a robust and diverse web ecosystem<p>Well, <i>everything paid for by ads</i> is the opposite of diverse. Pretending paywalls are the only alternative is disingenuous too. There&#x27;s plenty of options, like donations, or Blende&#x27;s &quot;pay per article, get your money back if it sucks&quot; model, which seems to work well