Unpopular opinion here: Instagram ads are unobtrusive and easy to skip quickly.
Being unwilling to pay for a platform and simultaneously being unwilling to be shown any advertisements is unsustainable.
In the US, Facebook's revenue is $25 per user per quarter. That's $100 a year. Are you willing to pay the same or more than that just for access to their products?
YouTube Premium actually is a great example of how much that pricing ends up being: $11.99 a month.
Being unwilling to pay for a platform and simultaneously being unwilling to be shown any advertisements is unsustainable.
In the US, Facebook's revenue is $25 per user per quarter. That's $100 a year. Are you willing to pay the same or more than that just for access to their products?
YouTube Premium actually is a great example of how much that pricing ends up being: $11.99 a month.