Putting ads on an open source foundation is for cockroaches
Literally the Web and Android's (Googled) ecosystem... is ads on an open source foundation 🤷♂️ and people outside of techie circles couldn't care less about that, they just want stuff that works.
Is it really worth kicking up a stink over a single app that affects you in absolutely no way? Different strokes for different folks. Unlike the web, you have the choice of multiple good FOSS apps to access Lemmy from, no adblocker extension needed