"...We must..."

You're not the boss of me.

I note that ads have both potential benefits and drawbacks. Given how ads have corrupted MSM and captured platforms for propagandists and censors, introducing ads to DW could do the same to DW as it has to CNN: render it completely devoid of utility for it's original purpose.

While I'm not saying that it definitely would do that, it is possible. I also don't think increased revenue from ads is necessary, and very much doubt it would be worth the risk at this point in the game particularly.

There are values in society other than economic, and these other values are actually far more valuable than money. Folks focused on money are fain to agree with this, and that but reveals the dishonesty or foolishness many of that ilk are prone to.

Mike Tyson said Don King would sell his momma for a dollar. While I appreciate that many people seek financial reward, I note than almost none of them agree that whoring out their mothers is a profitable undertaking. This is strong evidence supporting my thesis that society has far more valuable features than it's economy.

We do not have to accept ads, and unless it is acknowledged that ads have drawbacks, accepting ads is sure to have detrimental impact on DW. Only rational consideration of both positive and negative potential of ads will enable them to be successfully part of the game, and it's entirely possible they could be.

It's also possible that they can't be, and I'm ok with that too.