And if there is no way to pay for a truly ad-free experience, then I'll just make an ad-free experience myself by not paying anything and pirating everything.

And if there is no way to pay for a truly ad-free experience, then I'll just make an ad-free experience myself by not paying anything and pirating everything. Piracy is nearly always a service problem. I'm happy to pay for content, but will not pay for content twice and I will not watch ads. If those options are not available, then I'll just take what I want and the service provder will get zero dollars and zero ad viewership rather than some dollars and zero ad viewership.