I have no problem with marketing Steem and my own activities on the platform.
But I prefer Steem to not have advertising on it if possible. I get that they were in financial trouble, but they went and sacked the people that could have helped them out the most. I wouldn't mind so much if I actually got paid for ads being played on my content though. I created the content driving the eyeballs to the platform, why shouldn't I get a percentage of it?