I pay for YT premium, but it’s less because of the ads, and more because of the stupid restriction of not being allowed background play if my phone is locked.
This used to work for free, they went out of their way to disable it so they could charge for it.
Once upon a time we paid for features, instead of paying to remove inbuilt annoyances.
(In a sense, this is getting too close to paying a bully to stop harassing you).