Buying Coffee Has Become Controversial? OK, You Can Now Buy Me Coffee

A couple of days ago I, like apparently the entire Indie Web, came across that "No, I Won't Buy You A Coffee" blog post, and, oh boy, did that hit me at the "right" time. In it the author complains about the "rampant capitalization and constant advertisements" they see reflected in those "if you liked this post, you can buy me a coffee" messages at the end of otherwise ad- and monetization-free blog posts. First, let me say that I actually agree with a lot of the sentiment here. I'm sick and tired of opening a news article on my phone and 90% of it being covered by ads. The constant interruptions of every video I watch, especially longer music sets. All the "messages from our sponsors". Just today I was listening to one of those "build your own website with Triangle Hole and use our promo code OurAudienceIsForSale"-podcast segments that was itself inserted into a completely different podcast as one of those dynamically placed ads. Not a different episode of the same podcast - an…