I honestly don't think freemium/Ads are a good model.

I understand what you mean, and i think the model pursued by old games was less toxic. They simply released shareware ... just 10% of the game for anyone to try.

Freemium/Ads works well for addicting things, and im not sure how the negative effects of what’s done there can be honestly counter acted.

So its not that i don’t think that the model generates less money, its just burning down the house.