YouTube is still having trouble getting people to pay for YouTube

I'm one of the ones who's paying for Youtube Red for my family.

I've been very disappointed about the fact that links to Youtube from sites are not ad-free. So I'm reading an article on The Verge, I click on a YouTube link and I have to wait for an ad to finish.

I realize $15/month isn't a lot but as a paying customer I don't feel like I should have to sit through ads. Let Youtube pay The Verge $.01 or whatever.