My solution to this is to have https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/enhancer-for-... installed in my browser. It is also available for Chromium. It works perfectly and I have not been interrupted with ads at all. Highly recommended.

While I understand the need to support content creators, the way the ads work is highly disruptive of the flow of the contents of the video. I have no issue if the ads are at the start of the video (or even the end), but the way it has been showing up on browsers that don't have this plugin, is downright annoying.