YT has nothing to do with them and imo there's no reasonable policy line to draw between the many forms of native advertising with their varying levels of invas

YT has nothing to do with them and imo there's no reasonable policy line to draw between the many forms of native advertising with their varying levels of invasiveness, nor should we really want YT to be the arbiter. You also have never been required to watch them! I just right arrow a couple of times but if you want it automated you can just use SponsorBlock and feel content that in exchange the creator is getting extra revenue from your Premium subscription.