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Should the government also ban the possibility of ad-supported websites? Technology costs money and if there is a way to subsidize or remove the cost faced by consumers that isn't always a bad thing.

Transparency of "this is how we are able to provide you a free app/service" could be improved, though.



> Should the government also ban the possibility of ad-supported websites?

No, but perhaps the government should ban the possibility of surveillance-supported websites.




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