FWIW, YouTube premium is one of my most worthwhile family subscriptions.

Anytime I use YT on a browser/profile that I'm not logged into, it's so jarring that I immediately fix it.

Edit: I dumped Spotify for YT music. I thought I liked Spotify better, though, so I tried again recently, and it turns out I didn't, so now I get YT and music for not much more than just Spotify. Definitely worth it in that context.

It’s insane how many are some random idiot in their car, filming with a phone, trying to act like they’re having a conversation with you before it completely switches to sales mode and they’re (terribly) reading a script. They don’t even put EFFORT into ads anymore it seems. Then you want to watch a video and it’s 3 pre-roll ads, 90 seconds of video, then another 2-3 ads.

I’ll never feel bad about using Adblock, and I hate the idea of rewarding these companies’ behavior with money.