I find podcast ads to be far worse than every other type of ad because it's the only one that forces you to engage in the ad at 1:1 speed. My podcast app allows

I find podcast ads to be far worse than every other type of ad because it's the only one that forces you to engage in the ad at 1:1 speed. My podcast app allows me to skip forward 15s but that requires interaction and I'm often in a situation where my hands are not free enough to skip through ads. I pay for ad free versions of every podcast I listen to that offers it. If you calculate the amount of time you spend listening to the ad, multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate, then paying to make the ad go away generally makes sense. Podcasts that don't offer an ad free version, I'm much more likely to leave it lowest on my priority queue of podcasts to listen to.