As i said, if it bothers you, don’t use their services. Buy using their services and paying for it you are encouraging them even more. And trust me, at the end of they you don’t need TV and you don’t need google to live a happy life.
If you don’t want to see ads, pay for the services or use services that do not force you to download unwanted data (ads) on your computer. It’s that simple.
As you say, it was a scandel and i guess it is not longer beeing made on the IRS website?
What are the recent FAANG acquisitions you are talking about?