"we" don't care either way. Their business model is their business

In any case there's plenty of people not blocking ads. It looks like everyone uses adblock if you look at a tech audience because they are a tech audience, not because everyone is using adblock

There are alternatives, a good one I see used in Ptreon, the supporters get early access to content, the rest will get it a month later. Let me try find the pros and cons

Cons:

- you need first to find supporters, so for a while you need to work hard to get them

- some supporters might feel entitled to stuff, you need to make sure to be clear about what being a supporter means

- you need to be very clear and transparent , some supporters will not tolerate delays or low quality/quantity updates

Pro:

- you have a predictable revenue model, you don't depend on an algorithm

- you mostly don't have to censor your content (there are exceptions true, but there are alternatives)

- you don't have to promote scams like VPNs, shit games with loot boxes, crypto scams

- you are not forced by an algorithms to release on a certain text/video length , a certain schedule , use certain shitty thumbnails or click-bait titles

- if you make public your content after a month or week etc, your fans that don't have money still get it and will promote it, also influencers will promote it because they know it will be free after a time interval.

This patreon model does not solve everything, just wanted to mention that there are alternatives to shity ads that track and manipulate you. Other alternative would be honest contextual ads, like if you search for printer ink from city A then Google/Bing could show you an ad from a local shop that refils ink cartridges.

I don't expect anyone to work for free. If you stop creating because you're not getting paid, too bad for me I guess. But I don't owe you attention because you did something either. There are two sides to this remember.

If what you do is worth charging people for it, charge people. If charging people would make you go broke, how valuable is what you're doing, really?

If your revenue model is "let some scum track my users and sell their data" you weren't taking your revenue seriously to begin with, you need a better business model than "they'll put up with it because they like me."

Sponsorships. Patronage. Merch. Exclusive content. These are viable revenue models, you get what your work is worth. If you can't pay the bills with these, nobody really wants your content anyway and they're probably just passing the time because it's free.