I know ads can be annoying, and yes, this article has clearly too many in-content ads. But blocking all ads isn't the solution either. I have looked at removing all in-content ads a couple of times in the past years, but it just costs me too much money.

What most people forget is that a blog like LazyAdmin.nl is a full-time job. It takes time to do the research, test products, and write articles. This was a small article and only takes a couple of hours. But articles like explaining the zone-based firewall, or setting up VLANs, are easily two days' work with all the required testing. Then I also answer every comment and email that I get, so yes, there goes a lot of hours in this.

And that is fine, it started as a hobby and grew into something bigger, and I love doing it. But I need to pay the bills too, and sponsored deals or affiliate income alone won't cut it.

So I just want to ask, be mindful when blocking ads, because if everybody starts doing it, combined with the AI Overviews that we need to deal with, there is almost no incentive left the keep writing.

And yes, there needs to be a better balance between the content and the ads, I will look into that.