I made two websites. The first one recently has 6k visitors per day. I added Google Ads to it a long time ago, but I feel very sorry to the users. The second one now has 2k visitors per day, and I have never added ads, which has caused me to lose motivation to keep updating it.…
Translated from Chinese
Totally normal. But keeping a useful site alive needs money, and that helps your users too. Try one clean ad slot instead of many, or a "remove ads" option, a tip jar, or a small paid feature. Ads that don't ruin the experience aren't unfair. A dead site helps no one.