I was the exact same way. I could justify watching ads to support the people I watched, but then I learned how little compensation a creator actually gets from one view and decided my time was more valuable. Plus I just got too used to never seeing ads and could never go back.

This video sums up the sentiment you’re describing nicely.

Couldn’t have said it any better.

Someone will be smuggling microfiche behind the iron curtain…wait wrong century.