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Advertisers need them. Any benefit to consumers is a manufactured or convenient excuse to force you to watch even more ads.
Ads work and the more you see, the more they work. Ads are a mental health hazard and a public safety crisis that nobody ever takes seriously.
Not all products work by selling ad space. It is certainly a seductive revenue stream for companies, which is why many shoehorn in ads into any product that can possibly support them.
And where you at least able to mentally defend against ads.