There’s a very simple solution to this, and I’m honestly not quite sure why no one is doing it.

Make ads voluntary. Make them separate from the rest of the experience.

Make it so that you can watch ads and answer surveys based off of the ads in order to get credits which then allow you to watch videos.

Alternatively, make it so that you can purchase the credits out right.

Everyone fucking wins.

I don’t know why people are so stupid as to not even contemplate the easiest and most satisfying solution to all of the problems.

The whole idea that it violates the terms of service of a company to not let them show things on my screen without my consent is insane. It’s like if every time you went to the grocery store, the employees held you down and force fed you a free sample, then banned you from the store when you started running away from them.