User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Making Ads Better: The Basics/@comment-1824272-20170117155514/@comment-4793831-20170117163302

Oh, so users have to look at ads not only to cover maintenance but also to allow select few to attend meetings for completely free as well? I guess that does make everyone happier. What else are we "paying" for?

On that RE example - I don't know, maybe it doesn't take a lot of space on some fancy 4k display. On a FullHD one it would be about 40% its height (not even taking browser + OS UI into account, also assuming you have browser window maximized) and if that's not "visual space wasting", I don't know what would be. Should we mention those poor x768px laptop users as well?

Not like we already have about 1/3 of useful screen space wasted for that "fandom trending and ads" column.