I have a tab open that just loads a different ad every time I refresh. Apparently they've also started showing you a popup telling you that Youtube does not allow adblocking, telling you to either allow ads or buy YT Premium. Haven't seen that one myself, just started getting pre-video ads.
Seeing an ad on my desktop computer felt like someone just invaded my personal space or dipped their nuts in my drink while making eye contact, like I'm used to the browsing experience on phones sucking ass but I haven't had to deal with ads on PC in over a decade, it literally feels alien :what-the-hell:
I have a goddamn vendetta against YouTube Premium and I have held off on paying for it despite watching YouTube for several hours a day every day. It was a shit service with no value until Youtube threw millions of dollars at making their non-Premium service worse. Specifically, everything integrating with the built-in video/audio player on iOS and Android was the norm. That stopped when YouTube made their player stop the video when you locked the phone. So many services suddenly decided it was fine to break user space behavior and fuck with all of my routines which involved muscle memory with my phone.