On: Is this the new cyber normal?

[no-name-here]

I guess the far closer(/better?) analogy would be something like people saying they dislike the ad-supported model for newspaper websites, YouTube, etc. However, many of those sites offer (or even heavily promote) options to get rid of the ads. (A number of the highest-regarded newspapers still even offer print versions too.)

[cowlevel → no-name-here]

YouTube is currently getting sued because if you pay to remove ads you still get ads