Ads are what have been keeping the internet largely free. They don’t really bother me anyways. Both the creator/site/company and the consumer benefit from this transaction. If the ads make the experience unbearable though, easy enough to simply disengage from it.
Manufactured? Probably about a few hundred browse this place. There is no conspiracy, just people learning what a stain of a person he is. Don’t defend him, let people vent about it.
From what I recall, it’s not that KW is made to hook the Jemmies, but rather the Jemmies are genetically engineered to find it irresistible. The rise in memes is likely because of the recent Lower Decks episode where Mariner implies she has taken it.