I don't disagree with your general point, but the paid version of Hulu had ads (and still mostly does) until recently. They have a paid version that's a few do

I don't disagree with your general point, but the paid version of Hulu had ads (and still mostly does) until recently. They have a paid version that's a few dollars more without ads, but that's relatively new and still has ads for some shows. If ad supported free content isn't great, it's at least reasonable - ad supported paid content is absolutely terrible. I think people should categorically reject ad supported paid content or we might end up with another cable tv situation.