Usually these issues are not a function of policy, but of degree and application. Some types of ads are really innocuous, some not so much. If there were only

Usually these issues are not a function of policy, but of degree and application. Some types of ads are really innocuous, some not so much. If there were only a 4 second ad at the start we'd be fine with it, but it'll be a 'click to skip', there'll be more than one, it will interrupt, the ads will be loud and annoying etc.. Product Managers are always under pressure to increase revenue, but they never want to contemplate the long-run effects of the qualitative reduction in the value of their product.