I had no broadcast TV for 25 years until a few years ago. Whenever I encountered TV watchers, I was also amazed that they didn't mute ads, but I still found the interruption extremely irritating.
Now, here in The Netherlands with my KPN TV-over-fiber connection, I can skip around in a show, but I can't skip over ads on many channels. The device sometimes doesn't even let me mute during an ad! I can independently mute or switch video inputs, so it's basically forcing me to either hear or see an ad.
Now, here in The Netherlands with my KPN TV-over-fiber connection, I can skip around in a show, but I can't skip over ads on many channels. The device sometimes doesn't even let me mute during an ad! I can independently mute or switch video inputs, so it's basically forcing me to either hear or see an ad.
I pay about the same for Netflix. So obnoxious.