[severus_snape]

I don't want ads all over my screen when I browse the web. It doesn't mean I don't want to pay for content (I do pay). If ads were all blocked, websites would charge for content, and I believe people would pay. I would. I'm glad to pay for a better quality of life and less consumerism. Meanwhile I use NewPipe and uBlock Origin which I believe have a good impact on this society.

[cjmcqueen]

It's easy to pay for YouTube premium and remove ads. So why not do that?

[lrvick]

I for one do not because I do not have a Google account, and do not want one, because I do not consent to their data harvesting practices or give money to surveillance capitalism corporations.

When I can pay creators directly with anonymous microtransactions, I will.