Pictures slow down your computer. When you want to look at pretty pictures, you go to a museum. You browse the web to find information, as quickly as possible. Graphics is usually only an annoyance for people who are looking for information. Advertising is not the way I support myself.
Advertising sends away visitors.
I make my living by writing articles and books. I charge for some information that is available on this website only to subscribers. I have thousands of links to places like the dutch database of progressive-rock and University of Arizona's bibliography of mind. My links are useful to the reader, not to my bank account. I help you shop, I don't help you getting ripped off by aspiring monopolies.