That's an extremist perspective against advertising (and seemingly only online ads) while ignoring the economics behind it. Call it what you want, but you know and understand the implicit agreement is ads in exchange for content. Clearly you're getting plenty of value otherwise you wouldn't be accessing the content in the first place.
But sure, some will have this position and it's relatively minor across the population, but you're starting to see more things behind subscriptions and paywalls as a result.
This is going to sound like a contrived argument but abolitionism was an extremist stance against slavery. The word "extremist" is not synonym with "excessive" or "bad".
I don't see which part of this thread implies that I'm only against online ads.
> Call it what you want, but you know and understand the implicit agreement is ads in exchange for content.
You don't seem to get it. There are no terms other than what's on the table, which is to say the content and the ads, and both are optional. We are not legally or ethically bound by any "implicit agreement".
> but you're starting to see more things behind subscriptions and paywalls as a result.
Subscriptions and paywalls are markedly better than advertisements, for the consumer at least.
> "Subscriptions and paywalls are markedly better than advertisements, for the consumer at least."
Except the ones that don't or can't pay for it. People want more options for access, not less. The extremist position is saying all advertising is bad while ignoring the economic impact and the fact that almost all businesses grow because of it.
But sure, some will have this position and it's relatively minor across the population, but you're starting to see more things behind subscriptions and paywalls as a result.