I was thinking about just downloading all the eps for safekeeping …
That's so funny; I had the exact same thought. I ultimately decided against it. If I download them all, I'd want to cut out the ads and that's a shitload of work.
You can already pay for a so-called AI thingy that can detect and cut out ads. With like a 90 percent success rate. I suppose in about 5 years we'll have a price war of support tiers vs. ad removal models.