No, now when I see an ad I just hate it, the more I see your BS in a paid promotion, the less that I’ll want it.

They are aware of it, that’s why they are busy spending it.

This also happens to me, using the Smarttube flatpak, I think that it’s a “feature” from the youtube tv original app, and it bleeds into Smarttube because what it does is faking being the original youtube tv app with some extra modifications.

Edit, I am using VacuumTube from flatpak, not Smarttube, but it’s the same concept.