the correlation between wealth and education is supported by plenty of evidence. but that isn't even the strongest argument. the mere fact that people who can't afford to pay for an ad free experience are forced to endure ads already is a problem in itself, even if their level of education is the same as that of those who can afford it.
it is just that the likelihood of being less educated rises with lower income, and that only exacerbates the negative effect of ads, but even without that the effect is bad enough because ads motivate people to spend money on things they don't need which has a worse negative effect if you are poor.
i think you took a wrong turn somewhere in interpreting what i said. :-) for the record, if it were up to me, i'd like to see forced commercial advertising banned completely.
i get your point, you think it's fair to pay for ads to go away. i think it isn't. but that doesn't mean you should have ads forced on you. on the contrary, as it is said in the article, we do have a right to not have ads forced on us, and that right needs to become legally enforceable, but in such a way that we all can benefit from it, and not just those who can afford it.
see my comment here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38764246