> Do you pay for ad-free experiences when available?

Not OP, but I block ads for similar reasons. I do pay for ad-free experiences, but

1) often I'm shown ads anyway, and 2) there's typically no privacy-preserving way to pay. So in practice paying often implies a significant loss of control over managing your privacy

So my personal take is that we're not there yet in terms of having robust viable alternatives to the ad-block experience.

> 2) there's typically no privacy-preserving way to pay

This is exactly my problem. I log into as few services as possible and clear my cookies on browser exit. Of course this is supplemented by ad-blocking and blocking most 3rd-party scripts and cookies to avoid cross-site tracking. I have no way to pay for a service while maintaining that level of privacy.