What a thorough piece.

I laughed reading about junk ads run by Amazon, what a great scam. And one that always leaves you baffled? Why am I seeing X when I did a search for B?

The answer is always fraud.

What do you/others think of Mediums rent seeking behavior?

And, how far are we from Google offering a Google premium where you pay a monthly fee for search thats 'upgraded'

Finally, match group of tinder fame is notorious for this sort of behavior. Pay once and you'll be flooded with matches. Pay for a few months and they go back to hiding your profile.

They sponsor bots like Ashley Maddison did and charge you money to send them. Messages.

It's gross.

But Def feels inevitable. Especially after founders leave.