Personal blogs are now littered with newsletter popups before you’ve read a single article. Even small online shops you’ve never visited before put notification badges on icons while chatbots float in the corner. Login walls are being presented before any justification is made for doing so. We’ve fully lost the plot. Everyone has subscribed to proliferate this awful version of digital life.
I don’t believe this constitutes a necessary evolution, but it is unfortunately a very predictable outcome. What once was done purely for the love of it from the people who cared the most is now done by everyone in the whole world for the hopes of being wealthy or famous, even if for a moment.
I never tried to monetize this blog but I do make money on YouTube and I think you can have a profitable platform without losing respect for your audience. A blog that treats me like a pair of eyeballs immediately loses my loyalty.