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I know its anecdotal, but I grew up only having air channels (4 in total, all state-owned) that had crazy long ad-spaces, something like 15 minute intervals of _just_ ads, and 10 min of contents (series with 28 minute episodes had an hour of airtime here, half their runtime was ads). I completely filter them out, always have.

When I watch TV (seeing a boxing match, or a movie when at my in-laws' house), and an advertisement space is coming up, the TV magically turns much louder, blasting some jingle and colorful bursts, but I automatically stand up to go to the loo or get drinks or something.

With streaming services, it's something else entirely. I must skip them, I get this discomfort in me, an urge to make the obvious text-to-speech ad that was auto-generated to tick my keywords shut up immediately. I wonder if it is because its targeted to me directly, or if it is because I have the ability to make it shut up, that I get this boiling sensation in my head when they come up.

Still, I'd never pay for something like Spotify Premium or Youtube Premium just to get rid of them. Even if it were just a buck, I wouldn't do it.