> 1- No ads. 2- Transparent ads. 3- Opaque ads.

> By removing option 2, you only leave options 1 and 3.

My point is that these are not exclusive options, and in practice, most companies will not feel constrained to only pick one of them.

> This isn't complex either, the only reason you don't get it is because you don't want to get it, you want things that are gratis without paying for them, and you want the free things to be given to you on your terms, and you don't want to be guilty about it. It's easier to think of yourself as righteous than to recognize that you want to be a leech.

No, I'm arguing that because companies in practice are going to use multiple of these when they can, my attempts to influence them by keeping the door open on 2 will not have any effect whatsoever, so I might as well close the door on it.