&gt; That&#x27;s a silly definition of free because it&#x27;s too narrow<p>It&#x27;s broader than &quot;this is an ad this is not&quot; when looking at &quot;content&quot;, so fix your definition to the level of specificity you are comfortable with to start.<p>&gt; consider a website as part of a larger business which has far more monetization opportunities than if we demand that the literal website must be independently profitable.<p>I agree that it&#x27;s a good initiative, but the masses (of which I&#x27;m included, as well as HN) do not produce businesses as much as (relatively useless) content.