My issue is that even paid subscribers are served an unbearable amount of ads, e.g. videos in-line with the text of the article. I wrote their support to let them know that I'd gladly pay more on a higher tier to avoid ads, and this is their response:

"Ad-blocker must be disabled to allow advertisements and to continue to continue to the webiste. Paying for our content is similar to paying for cable or buying a magazine. You pay for those services but they still have advertising. Advertisements help to keep the cost of digital subscriptions extremely low in relation to other newspapers."