Hey @ackza
I wouldn't have wanted anything else, you saw a problem, spoke out and gave us a chance to reply.
That's how things should be dealt with, not swept under the carpet. Decentralization along with the transparency and accountability it brings are the keys to solving a lot of problems.
My attitude towards ads is to let the content creator decide, they know their audience and they know their expenses, and if that's what suits them then have at it. When in doubt, I really like the opt-in approach.
Hell yeah, we're going to open it up to everyone! The bottleneck right now is development and resources, we're working on those. In fact we're going to open it more than YouTube, federation baby :-)
You're right, we need to get blogging/vlogging!