It's sad that anyone thinks the advertising model will go away. Amazon has proved that people will pay subscription fees AND get served ads. I wouldn't mind quite so much if the advertising was at least interesting and creative. Most of it is just the same regurgitated crapola.
> Amazon has proved that people will pay subscription fees AND get served ads. Also the NYTimes.
Serving ads has been the business model of every newspaper for 100+ years. The difference is that the ads today can be used to spy on you. When I cancelled my NYT subscription I added a note about this.