> Those people outright refuse to pay or to simply not use the service if they don't like ads. And it enrages so many people when this is pointed out.

YouTube used to offer “Premium Lite” which was reasonably priced and only offered ad-free YouTube.

But now Google has shut down that subscription and only offer is one more than twice the price which includes lots of things people don’t want. I can see why some people refuse to pay for that.