Most types of ads can be blocked with uBlock Origin, while only some kinds of paywalls can be skipped with Bypass Paywalls Clean. Ads are the most privacy invasive monetization solution and with ad blocking becoming more common, I don’t think ads are a sustainable way to fund content in the future. Still, I would prefer to see voluntary subscription and donation options rather than hard paywalls.
I hope they exclude Snap from the default installation. Don’t want an OS with built-in support for Canonical’s closed source app store service when Flatpak is decentralized and FOSS on the server side.