Yep, the world will do what it does as it's been since the world began and will continue well after humans are gone, we're just changing it in different ways, accelerating the process.

With the ads, yep I turned it off too. It's a disgusting intrusion. No ads was one of the great things about this place and now a small group of people chose to add them in...well, I tend to agree with you. It's the same as that group adding in AI elements. Total shit.