Its like a ransom if the stakes were as low as possible. They hold your state of non-annoyance hostage and ask for a negligible amount for it so no one gets emotionally involved in this exchange regardless of whether or not they wanna pay the ransom. Instead of subterfuge or the threat of violence they "get away with it" by nature of being generally inconsequential.

All this to say, seeing as you payed the "ransom", I would personally describe you as more bothered by ads than anyone else. Not a value judgement, just an observation.

In order of least to most bothered by ads, doesn't it make sense to assume

1. People who watch ads (unbothered)

2. People who install adblockers (somewhat bothered)

3. People that pay money to remove ads (extremely bothered)