In the video, it looks like you can't actually get the space back. If you turn the ads off it seems to use some sort of static placeholder instead. But in the video, as you scroll down, it disappears because it stays at the top, if that makes sense.
The problem lots of people seem to be complaining most about is that adverts, when playing, are distratcing and noisy. So turning them off art least solves that. If I have understood the video!
This seems to be what you end up with if you turn it off.
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