One of the reasons I like Mastodon is because I know that it's not playing games like Threads of not showing ads until it reaches critical network effect, then locks in users and grows revenue by flooding the feed with undesirable content.
"Meta wants to avoid overloading Threads with ads, which could turn off users as they’re trying out the app.”
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-to-launch-ads-on-threads-in-early-2025?rc=sfxzc3