I'm sure YT can't (and probably wouldn't particularly want to) stop the monetization scheme, but the ad-blocking is going to interfere with the main-line busine

I'm sure YT can't (and probably wouldn't particularly want to) stop the monetization scheme, but the ad-blocking is going to interfere with the main-line business model that gets content creators paid, and I wouldn't be surprised if there's push-back on that (probably in the form of client-server verification the ad has been seen that leads to a good old-fashioned measure / countermeasure arms race to ensure the ads are served if the video is served---after all, how do you snip out the ads if they're baked into the video itself, for starters?).