Unrelated note: continued

I think I can condense down my problem with opt-out-by-paying-advertising.

If you charge for something and include advertising, then what you're saying is you need all the money you can possibly get to make this thing.

If you charge for something with no advertising, you're saying that you've found a way to make this thing with a simpler business plan.

If you use advertising and don't charge, you're saying you prefer the model where you make the people who use your product the product your advertisers pay for.

BUT, if you charge people to get rid of the ads, you're saying that the ads have a very fixed cost that I bet the advertisers don't agree with, and that your product doesn't cost as much it you'd probably like people to think it does.