Installing ublock takes less steps than signing up and maintaining premium.

You don’t even need it sign into it. It’s literally like a single fucking click after a click after googling ublock… Jfc mate. This ain’t rocket science.

If you’re on mobile (Android) you might want to check out morphe. You can patch the YouTube apk to behave like premium (bg playback, no ads, much more.) apple users can kick rocks.