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Plenty of companies made plenty of money before the internet and loads of ads, ads now are just pure greed.
It's the same shit with Hollywood for example. Well that movie only made us 10million dollars. What a flop, we won't do that again. Imagine any other "company" working like that. Imagine a plumber finishing up a big ass job, all the expenses and salaries are paid, so it's already a success. It's not a success because he made 200k more than expected
Right, but before the internet, typically you either purchased the medium like a newspaper or magazine, which also usually contained ads, or watched TV that contained ads, or listened to the radio which contained ads. Also, sponsored content existed long before YouTube; remember Ralphie in A Christmas Story decoding the message from the radio show?