I wish there was a reality where content creators understood that ads just don't work on some people. I understand that they need money, and I listen to the ads when I can't fast-forward through them, but it's a complete waste of time on me.

And I do have a desire to block ads in every single part of my life, I just don't practically go any further than regular uBlock origin in Firefox.

I'd actually rather pay for good podcasts than get intrusive ads.