But that service is called Patreon, to compensate for YT being an unethical bum and unreliable source of money.

However much you disagree with their conduct, I'm pretty sure that just calling people names violates hn policy.

There was a time when I was living of AdSense, and I still use and encourage blockers.

If your business model only depends on ads you are putting yourself in a dangerous situation either way. For me ads always been a form of compensation, but nothing I was actively trying to milk most of it.

Today I run my own small niche ad platform. No tracking, no cookies, just jpeg or gif banners. In my opinion a completely ethical form of ads. And big surprise. That works too.