Unity Ads (AdvertisementLegacy) fails to initialize?

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I’ve implemented Unity Ads by using Advertisement Legacy on my android-only mobile game.
I have a button that would show an ad when pressed, but that button appears greyed out when I play the game build on mobile (this happens both on an .apk and .aab build).
The lines that puzzle me in a LogCat log that I took from my most recent test:

2024/10/07 19:57:25.964 5029 5055 Error Unity Initializing Unity Ads.
2024/10/07 19:57:25.964 5029 5055 Error Unity UnityEngine.Advertisements.Advertisement:CreatePlatform()
2024/10/07 19:57:25.964 5029 5055 Error Unity UnityEngine.Advertisements.Advertisement:.cctor()
2024/10/07 19:57:25.964 5029 5055 Error Unity AdsInitializer:InitializeAds()

AdsInitializer is the name of the script where I initialize my ads, in the InitializeAds() function. The whole script looks like this:

public class AdsInitializer : MonoBehaviour, IUnityAdsInitializationListener
{
    [SerializeField] string _gameId;
    [SerializeField] bool _testMode;    
    void Awake()
    {
        InitializeAds();
    }

    public void InitializeAds()
    {
        if (!Advertisement.isInitialized && Advertisement.isSupported)
        {
            Advertisement.Initialize(_gameId, _testMode, this);
        }
    }

    public void OnInitializationComplete()
    {
        Debug.Log("Unity Ads initialization complete.");
    }

    public void OnInitializationFailed(UnityAdsInitializationError error, string message)
    {
        Debug.Log($"Unity Ads Initialization Failed: {error.ToString()} - {message}");
    }
}

I never get either debug logs in the logcat from OnInitializationComplete or OnInitializationFailed. Just that weird ‘error’ message saying “Initializing Unity Ads.”.

If anyone has any ideas or pointers I would be very glad to hear them.
Thank you in advance.

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Hello,
This could be a bug or something wrong with the latest version of the Advertising Legacy package. We do not have plans to update the legacy package, so I recommend using mediation tools such as LevelPlay instead. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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I see, thank you for the response.