They are not testing it because they already implemented it.

Ah but they're not testing it, they've already impletmented it. Not technically a lie! Classic corpospeak.

You pay premium to get 30s ads only

uBlock origin on desktop, otherwise just force-close the app and reopen it

Everytime I hear whining about youtube ads I'm reminded there are people who are still too dumb to use an adblocker.

And they didn't to lie they're not testing they're implementing

I listen to podcasts while driving using Amazon music. They recently disabled the ability to fast forward over ads using the steering wheel buttons via Android Auto. You can only fast forward now through the full phone app. Someone is going to get in a car accident because of this.