Lol, I feel a bit stupid. I even turned off my ad block and looked for ads before posting, but I was looking for banners or the like. I do think there is a lot more value to be gathered here than the current ads though. They're kind of subtle, which goes against the purpose of ads.
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But considering this thread was started on false premisses there probably isn't that much to discuss here.