If you have enough money to buy a no-ads tier, someone will pay more to put an ad there - HN

• Turns out ads aren’t just annoying little acts of psychological terrorism that eat up a lot of bandwidth and computing power, they are also the #1 vector for spreading scams and malware on the web. - HN
  • to the point that even the US government (even with all its faults and lobbying) recommends using an ad blocker for this reason. - ic3.gov

• Ford patents in-car system that eavesdrops so it can play you ads

• Comment nos données publicitaires alimentent l’industrie de la surveillance - Des entreprises vendent désormais des prestations d’« Advertising Intelligence » (Adint) : en récupérant sur les marchés publicitaires la géolocalisation de millions de téléphones dans le monde entier, elles promettent à des services de renseignement ou de police de les suivre à la trace, à quelques mètres près.

• Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi - Worldwide search market share (October 2025, StatCounter) - Google at 85%, Bing at 9%, everyone else in the noise.