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I honestly don't see the problem with video ads embedded in the video stream. It seems like it'd be far harder to slip something malicious to the computer in there than banner ads served from somewhere else. It's a system that worked for broadcast TV for decades.
To the extent they offer a paid service with no ads, that also seems ethical to me.
The part where Youtube kind of falls down for me is unlike TV shows where the broadcaster is paying for the content, youtube content is basically free to Youtube. So them collecting money seems unfair and leaves the content creators to do sponsored / ad breaks themselves to pay for the content.