Eh, it seems like a pretty niche thing. If you still want that behavior, surely you could set up a VPS and forward your own ports, no? With Bitlaunch, you can even disassociate it from yourself if you want.
I hate ads on the outside of windows. And they give the little pinholes, like that’s supposed to be enough. The world becomes a blur. Out the window is the least anxious place to look on public transport, but they put ads all over the windows, and give us this pinhole grid crap like it makes up for it.
Yes, the wraps are a total bummer for sightseeing!
They are very common in LA though, as not only a means of $$$'s in revenue, but as a cooling measure.
The busses and above ground rail with these wraps are much cooler and easier to AC in the summer
When companies start to focus too much on growth usually they start to lose sight of their values and greed begins to take over. That said I just checked their ad policy and while they do physical ads, it's still a pretty reasonable policy.
They still won't be showing up on random YouTubers videos like Nord
They've actually ran adverts at the border of sweden telling politicians and alike that were going there to vote on IIRC ChatControl to vote against it
Mullvad is probably the best example of using ads for something good
Their CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) is usually very high, just think about it. Aside from the subway ads that have ridiculous costs, they usually offer youtubers the equivalent of a year's subscription for each conversion. They also have to factor in operational costs so they've to keep new customers around for 1,5-2 years to reach break-even, only after that they've profit. Their business is based on a CLV (Customer lifetime value) that greatly exceeds the average for a B2C digital service - in order to survive they're either doing shady stuff with your data OR living of VC hype money.