Ridiculous! This is about ideals, and principals, and getting a nice service for free!
Or pay for your account?
Today I could easily afford that. But thinking back a few decades when I was young and didn't have much money at my disposal I would say using stuff for free isn't that bad.
Especially when piracy is so much easier than getting your account suspended for using an adblocker.
> But thinking back a few decades when I was young and didn't have much money at my disposal
Setting aside the possibility of malware for a second, would you have taken spotify/pandora with ads back then?