Comment by the_af

Why bother about what YT will do in the future? Nobody can answer your question, but when/if they stop blocking ads, we can stop paying from Premium. Same as when any service becomes enshittified. For now, Premium does block all ads except sponsored content (i.e. stuff in the video itself).

As for sponsored content, I don't think that's under YT's control (other than that they allow it, imagine if it was forbidden: authors would complain about that arbitrary restriction). Sponsored content is like product placement, if you pay for a cinema ticket, why does the movie advertise products, cars, stores, etc? And is it the movie theater's fault?