There is a new term, AI Psychosis.

AI chatbots are not humans, they don't have ethics, they can't be held responsible, they are the product of complex mathematics.

It really takes the bad parts from social media to the next level.

Companies have official discords to respond to requests or questions. They attempted to call out a company (presumably US based) for this concern and got the specified response

If Youtube's services (streaming/storage) are not paid for, they can't pay content creators.

When people do not pay for services directly with a credit card, they pay for it indirectly with ads and data collection. The internet would be a better place if companies didn't have to worry so much about monetizing indirectly. Plus, the only companies that can give out free services often have monopolistic intent.

This whole debate embodies why the internet has become what it has.

It is very likely that you are a customer that youtube would rather not have to deal with, so the feelings would be mutual

increasing friction for ad blockers will increase ad views will increase revenue.

It is pretty easy for a company whose existence depends on ads to see people that use ad blockers as leeches or freeloaders or other derogatory terms to justify making their lives more difficult.

Youtube premium is around $15, and depending on people's video usage, it pays for itself