Circumvention of payment for media is indeed piracy. The idea that it is noble to do it shows that some people have never grown up. Entertainment is a service, you should pay for what you consume. Entitlement is the word that keeps popping up but it perfectly describes the sentiment that creators or the platform that enables them shouldn’t be compensated for entertaining or educating you.

Don’t want ads on YouTube? Buy Premium. Feeling righteous for doing the equivalent of sneaking in the movie theater is immature at best, bratty at worst. Be better.