With all the aversion to ads = blockers, add in the European tracking standards that will probably become ours as well, are we seeing the decline and fall of al

With all the aversion to ads = blockers, add in the European tracking standards that will probably become ours as well, are we seeing the decline and fall of all tracking ads? I see podcasts are down 50-75% - not sure why? But at some point anything with ads changes from a product you want, to one you want to avoid = pay $ for what you want - ad free, and skip the rest?