I bought products and software before. Because I wanted them and the software was good. I used it. I even payed for apps that we 99% free and the pro version almost had anything more than the free version but I still payed, to thank the programmer. And not even use anything from the pro version.
My statements were radical. It has to be, to wake up people, because everyone seems to think ads are normal.
And ads on the web are not normal. It's a cancer. They are abusive. You can see that when companies like Facebook and Google make money.
Marketing is the cancer. If your business is to trick people and make them stay on your anti-social-plataform because they know how to mess with your mind and you don't even have a clue of what is going on... oh Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, others...
There will always be someone who says oh I don't mind ads, there might be something I need...