> When I see an ostrich chasing a limo driver and a liberty mutual jingle plays, I’m not being given any useful information.

You remember Liberty Mutual.

> them being forced on me

That's the price you pay for "free" streaming.

That’s not useful to me & I know, it’s free because me internalizing their propaganda is useful for someone else.

your original pitch was that without ads I’d never know about new products that I might legitimately be interested in. The vast majority of ads are not that

i also see ads in digital billboards and there’s nothing I can do about that

> your original pitch was that without ads I’d never know about new products that I might legitimately be interested in

And I stand by that.

For example, in the 80's I subscribed to computer magazines for the ads. The same for hot rod magazines.