[frostmatthew]

> Why would anyone be stupid enough to trust google to keep the "ad free" experience ad free?

One can cancel their YouTube Premium subscription at any time for any reason, including and especially if it is no longer delivering an ad-free experience. In the meantime I'm quite happy paying $10 a month (annual plan) to never see ads.

[edgyquant]

But videos are crawling with ads from the content creator themselves? So you aren’t getting an ad free experience for that 10$.