Check out YouTube Vanced for Android or YouTube++ for iOS.
Been living ad-free for 3 years now
Been living ad-free for 3 years now
Contextual/integrated advertising is something many creators already do - in a lot of cases it's because they have no choice (their videos have been demonetized for etc).
Mind you, there are ways to get around that too, but I don't mind. After all, as you say, they need to get paid.