Well, I haven't watched TV for over 20 years now, so I wouldn't know.

Anyway, the issue is that it is a live streaming platform.

In comparison to last 5 years, in the last year I can recall at least 5 times where I missed significant moments because the platform automatically ran ads.

> Stay away from tv you see 5 ads every 10 minutes.

Funnily that's exactly what everyone is doing[1].

[1] https://www.fiercevideo.com/video/linear-video-subscriber-lo...

Have you seen YouTube ads lately? When I stream a video to the "app" on my TV, I get 1 minute 30 seconds of ads at the beginning. Then about 1:20 into the video, I get 2 more 30 second ads. Then at 3:00 into the video, 2 more ads come on. Sometimes there are more ads than content. Ads come on literally less than 5 minute intervals, and the part that really drives me nuts is that it's always the same 2 ads over and over. There are even ads that are 5 minutes long. So far at least, I haven't seen a 5 minute ad that I can't skip.

Don't get me started on youtube ads. Youtube will punish you for logging in with more ads. They punish you for watching popular content. I can accept 5 ads totaling 2 minutes every half hour

This is what turned me off to YT Music. When they migrated users from Play Music I tried it once, it took 10 clicks (including the dismissal of two interstitial modal ads) to get to a song that I own, and I still had to wait through a minute of ads to listen to it. I can't remove the app from my phone, but I haven't opened it in the 2-1/2 years since.

I did for like 15+ years now ? It's terrible medium

The ads can be interesting they tell me about the culture of the local tv channel city. There are many behind the scene messages and things you pick up on. Understanding who is advertising can tell you who the show is written for or why they made certain choices and that can change as a show evolves.

You get cultural references more memorable than the shows they prop up. Where's the beef still rings strong, wwwhat's up is a universal greeting.

Advertising can bring feelings of connectiveness to people. A familiar verizon song at Christmas makes life a little bit less sad for a solider in the battle field or a parent who is spending Christmas alone.

Advertising in many ways is more dynamic, interesting and long lasting compared to the shows they put on. Watching shows without them hollows out the experience.