If showing flashing ads wouldn't have been causing me seizures and if that it weren't the norm to show that kind of ads, what you said could work.

Also why am I paying for something without seeing what it is?

"Here's our content, maybe help us keep producing it by showing our promisedly sane ads?"

I buy a subscription or show ads to 90% of the web sites I visit more than a couple of times per month, as long as they offer them.