> If you want it to stop then we need AGPL software and a decentralised internet. We are in a local optimum so it will seem worse at first before it gets better.

But we already have a decentralized internet, it's just that most people will go for convenience rather of freedom...

Furthermore, some people here keep claiming that they are willing to pay for ad-less services, yet learned nothing from cable TV... even paid streaming services have ads...