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Imagine bundling a dozen other subscriptions into one all-or-nothing payment so people get terrible value for money.
TV transmitters are expensive. Did you feel guilty when you muted the ads or left the room?
Nothing stopping you from muting the ad on your YT video or leaving the room..
But I agree with your first point, outside of channel memberships, I'd like to choose how the money goes to creators to an extent.
The point is that there's a continuum of ad interaction.
At one end, you have that patent drawing requiring you to stand up and yell 'McDonalds' to continue.
At the other, you have things like AdNauseum that actively seek to poison the ad well, and probably more extreme solutions still in the theoretical stages.
YouTube ads are close to the first scenario - one must actively monitor the device and hit 'skip ad' when the button appears, or the ads will continue for several minutes. Simply muting or leaving the room are not practical solutions because the delay in the content is much longer.
Courts have already legally established that people have a right to record live TV, play it back at a different time, and fast forward/skip through ads, including I think using automation to do so. How does that differ from web ad blockers?