They might not show you ads but they can still recommend you certain products based on a sales commission.

I pay almost the same amount for youtube premium as chatgpt plus. And when I see the creators inserting their own sponsored ads I get frustrated. It stopped youtube's own ads but not the product placements and other ads by the creators.

Not author.

SponsorBlock [0] works pretty well for me (on FF):

"SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension and open API for skipping sponsor segments in YouTube videos."

[0]: https://sponsor.ajay.app/

Agreed, this would also make me angry.

And hide other products that don't bid enough in the keyword auction.

I'm genuinely curious about the unit economics on the expensive plans for each of these AI plays. It's common to parrot the idea companies are still losing money on them but hard to find actual evidence.

The ad will inevitably show up, the question is will you recognize it?