You are correct, obviously. > I still want to participate in the collective modern culture ... so somethings got to give. Same comment applies to this forum.

You are correct, obviously. > I still want to participate in the collective modern culture ... so somethings got to give. Same comment applies to this forum. I want to participate in discussions on HN, and therefore I am subject to the occasional job ad from YC companies. It's not perfect, but it's a bit facetious to compare that to the attention grabbing of Youtube/Amazon, etc who will intentionally curtail my efforts to find content I want, in lieu of something they want to promote.