Why advertising won't die

Alex Papadimoulis of The Daily WTF, in the course of not apologizing for running ads, said it:

I really don’t hate advertising. And neither do most of you. We just hate obnoxious advertising.

I don't really have anything to add to that, except that if you've ever been tormented by the sneaking feeling that software isn't always quite what it ought to be, the WTF offers solace and insight. And it's trenchantly funny.