Good. I have zero connection to any MLMs but somehow ~80% of advertising on YouTube and other platforms is for obvious pyramid schemes. Looking forward to be served “normal” ads instead (that’s a weird thing to say...)

Why are you viewing ads at all? Not trying to be disparaging or snide, just really want to understand why anyone tolerates them.

How do you avoid ads when watching YouTube on a phone?

With a locked down OS like iOS I don't know.

On Android there's plenty of choice. NewPipe is a dream[1]. Firefox with uBlock Origin works well. There's Kiwi (Chromium) with uBlock Origin too.

[1] https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/