Not really. I’ve had YT premium for years and it removes the obtrusive ones, but I see ads in some form every time I use it.

Probably means the perpetual “…speaking of security, let me tell you about our sponsor nordvpn…” that’s in every video on YouTube.

"if you're anything like me, ..."

What? No?

That can be done for free by more tightly managing your hardware platform.