Yes, it is extortion ... I know that.

Apps to be ad free is usually a nominal one time amount.
Extra for Streaming services to be commercial-less.
YouTube Premium to be ad free (expensive but makes it tolerable).

Nice that they can get you coming and going.

I'll admit that I usually do.

We pay for YouTube premium and Hulu plus.

I use YouTube to help me sleep so ads cannot be part of that experience.

Pay for YouTube Premium. Makes a big difference in enjoying some favorite channels.

No,
I only have OTA antenna - so when (rarely) I watch something on TV it is with commercials. I also watch Tubi, Crackle, and Vudu free movies - so no $$$,but get the pleasure of sitting through those great commercials. (I do have a pretty large selection of DVDs and even some VHS tapes to watch too)

At one time I was paying around $180 a month for hundreds of feces filled channels. Now I pay $0 a month for a couple dozen feces filled channels.

It works for me.

I watch a lot of YouTube videos and don’t consider $12 per month very expensive for the convenience of not putting up with the ads. That’s less than I spend when going out for breakfast one time.

No. I use an ad blocker for YouTube, etc

I use a free browser plugin ad blocker to make YouTube ad free. (Ad Block Plus)

I won't watch streaming services with ads. I tried ad-supported Hulu, but cancelled it, partly because of the ads, and partly because there wasn't enough content to interest me.

I still have Netflix and Amazon Prime, neither of which have ads. And get Disney and HBO in spurts, neither of which have ads.

Generally, no. There's nothing I need to see that badly. OTOH, I am not happy to put up with the propaganda (commercial or political). There have been times in the past where I did pay to eliminate ads, but soon regretted it, the memory of having paid for it ruined the experience for me. Mostly I'll take my misery a little bit at a time, but if there are too many ads, I'll just skip that content.

I do watch ad-supported commercial TV, but my mute button/channel changer is always close at hand, and I have developed a pretty good 30 second timer in my head so I can usually anticipate when it is time to switch back to my program.

For me, a "smart TV" would be one that would show me only what I wanted to see, skipping over crap channels, and blanking/muting during commercials WITHOUT MY HAVING TO PROGRAM THE DAMN THING! When will someone build one of these? I could also see this functionality being built into a remote. This I would pay for.

Yes, YouTube Premium is worth every penny of the ten bucks a month or whatever it is.

another user of Ad Block Plus as a plugin ,

just replaced our 2 old 'stupid' TV with 'Smart TV's' so have not cut or altered cable service and tried the roku/hulu type stuff yet,

however streaming on some cable channels (on demand) is ad free (HBO) and others (Paramount, AMC, are not)

that is a project for the new year

If it's on tv and the only thing I'm paying for is to not watch ads, I don't.

For a couple of game apps, I did pay a one time fee.

Most free iPhone apps have an in-app upgrade option to get rid of ads. Additional features often come with the upgrade. If I like the app I pop for the upgrade.

No!

As far as TV is concerned, I have an outside OTA antenna so I am stuck with commercials. The only recourse I have is that I hit the mute button whenever there is a commercial. I have ad blocker on my computer.

Its the principle of having to pay someone to not annoy the shit out of me. I don't do it, and would rather play with my puppy than watch commercials. I have guns to clean and fondle. I'm what you would call self amusing. I have a river to watch out front. I pay to get the internet, not to pay again to watch commercial internet. No, just no.

Nope

I do for YouTube so that I can minimize the browser without shutting off the music.

I use a browser plugin- uBlock Origin. It's 100% effective at blocking ads in youtube and other sites, when using it in Firefox. Chrome, it's hit or miss, but in Firefox, these ads simply never appear.

Yes, yes, yes. I hold a few degrees, and during one of them, in uni, I had to study a lot of marketing. I mean intricately. I learned all their tricks, playing on emotions and how repetitive viewing/hearing gets into your subconscious whether you like it or not. So for 20+ years now I avoid them at all costs. To say I loathe commercials is an understatement. Even when I'm subjected to them, it's in one ear and out the other. They have no effect any longer. But I still avoid them at all costs because it's annoying. Even at friend's houses, I politely ask them to turn it down, hit pause, and if they insist on blaring them, I will leave.

For the vehicle, I've paid for XM for 20 years now. I still have the service but satellite in one vehicle and streaming/app in the other. As long as they continue to negotiate on renewal I stay a member. If they ever go jackbone thug, fuck 'em. I also pay for Pandora no ads for $4.00 and change a month.

Tee-Vee, yes. I quit watching commercial content, the same, 20+ years ago. I've had cable/movie channels since 1984 when, as a ten year old, I paid for it myself with my work $. But I just recently finally had it with Dish. For many years they'd work me a deal to keep the price low but they raised the price twice this year and that was it, fuck off. An OTA antenna is mounted where the dish used to be now utilizing their mount, and coax. They wanted me to pay for base programming (all commercial content) for $40 a month, then their equipment fees of $22 a month. That's $62 a month for let's see my only use, local channels. The content I watch is all the movie channels, only.

Signing up for apps (I run dual ISP's which is the only reason why I was fine with dropping sat service) I came across this choice for paramount+/Showtime. I wanted Showtime as that is one of my two main channels (HBO is the other) and there was a "deal" that combo mealed Paramount Streaming servie with Showtime for a cheap deal. Free trial this and that but there was an option for ad free, and that was $3.00 more per month. Take my money. I figured fuck it, I'm going to be saving $50-70 per month vs. the newer, higher, satellite service cost, take my money for no ads. Thank God it's an option.

App life is taking some real adjustment for me. Not surprising since it's a 1984 until now thing. Showtime, while not only being ad free, at least has two live channels, Sho east, and West. Neither is in surround, which is annoying to me, stereo only as far as I can tell, but it's background turf for me. And any of their content, all available on demand, is in surround. It's compressed audio but so was the same channel (all channels) on Dish. I'm still trying to gauge compression and limited range, apps vs. satellite service. What has been great, however, is PQ. So much more 4k content on streaming vs. satellite. Compression is a hit or miss thing. Every now and then I stream a movie or one of the very limited series I'll watch and the audio is decent.

No ads for anything I'm signed up for now, and paying for (after free trials). This is all new but my list:
HBO/Max (free, included via my ISP, ATT), no ads.
Paramount+/Showtime, no ads, $12.99 per month (after my free trial).
Starz (no ads), $20 for 6 months, after that it's $42.98 every 6 months.
Epix ($5.99) via Amazon, no ads.
Disney+, no ads, $7.99 (IIRC) but this temporary as I loathe Disney, tired of SuperHo, only interested in Star Wars, but the good thing is it gets me National Geographic channel with no ads.
Apple streaming service, $4.99, like Disney, temporary. Both of these I will enable/disable a few times of year to see either Star Wars content or a new Apple film, suck up the content for 30 days then Vaya Con Dios.

All in, $37.98 per month and I can see Epix, Disney, and Apple only being used say 2 months out of the year each. Probably the same for Netflix 4k streaming. Will probably enable 1-2 months a year. All of it, no ads at all. But my main content will remain 1080p Blu Ray discs via Netflix's snail mail program and the 4k disc rental service I use. Cable, satellite, or streaming, = compression on audio and really pisses me off. So while I can remain ad free, the audio is shit. I think this is a modern day, heavy millennial influenced thing as it seems I'm in the overwhelming minority of folks who want the excellent audio quality.

Oh, one last note. Pluto app has been great. it is NOT ad free but it's free. They have movie channels on there, all in stereo only, and they have ads, but the great thing is they don't block cuss words or nudity. I had Wolf of Wall Street on, as well as Clerks, and it's the full film(s). They show ads but it's a very limited commercial break compared to commercial television, and it's background fodder for me so I just mute it and avert my eyes. And there are several channels of say a fireplace on screen, crackling, to fall asleep to, for background fodder, etc. And youtube has the same, with beach scenes and rolling tide in 4k. After the initial billy the kid reflex on the skip ad button, there is no commercial interruption.

Hardware I'm using Apple TV's (4k versions) and while the remote works, a cable/satellite remote it is not. But I refuse to use my panels "smart" tv functions and wish they were "dumb" panels.

So far app life is taking a very big adjustment but it just got to the point where it was necessary because cable and satellite just got too thug with the money. Dish was always workable until 2021. Had they offered an a la carte service, with say locals for $5.00 a month, where I could just have that and load up all the movie channels I'd still be with them but $62 a month for nothing is too much to bear. I even asked those fuckers this "I got my 4k Hopper and 4k joeys in 2017. And I own 2/3 Joeys, so how long do I have to pay for your got damn equipment as I've been paying for it for 4 years. That equates to $1,056.00 I'd paid you for "equipment" charges in those 4 years. How much is the damn DVR?" To which I got a bullshit answer for and cancelled. This enable/disable of apps is a PITA to me but money is money and I got tired of it.

I notice now, that Fox News won't let me access their site unless I turn off my ad blocker....screw that!

Yeah, while I use a free ad blocker - there are quite a few sites that won't let you access without.
Cheap apps on the phone are a no-brainer to pay.
I detest all the ads and commercials and even DVR a lot of regular time just to FF thru the commercials.
Unfortunate having to pay not to have my time wasted.