'Pay to remove ads' is such an awful insidious now common phrase. Give us money or else we'll do this to you. If you don't pay us, we will control your experience. We will force ourselves upon you unless you meet our demands. Modern day protection racket.
@TheBreadmonkey what exactly is bad about this? Yes, services need money to run. Only ways to do that if you for-profit is via ads or users paying.