As others are saying, if I pay for a service to be ad-free, I expect it to be ad-free. Instead they're just double-dipping
You also have never been required to watch them! I just right arrow a couple of times but if you want it automated you can just use SponsorBlock and feel content that in exchange the creator is getting extra revenue from your Premium subscription.
if you pay for YouTube Red or whatever then YouTube doesn't (aside from some illadvised fuckups) show ads.