Hi arskrigitsioniets
I, personally, agree 100% with the topic of your review, “Never make previously free functions paid”. Since I am unaware of such a change in the last versions of Advanced Ads, I can only think of a misunderstanding or bug causing the described behavior and the reason for your disappointment.
It is and was always possible to create ads before your content as well as in the <head>
section of your website. If you want to place ads in the header of your website, I recommend using the manual placement and integrating this into your theme.
Please be so kind and provide additional information about the behavior you are facing by opening a support topic. I would love to take a closer look at your setup, identifying the root for a missing placement after the update.
Looking forward to your feedback, so I can learn from it.
Best regards,
Henning