I remember being utterly baffled by this as a kid at other peoples houses. "Let me get this straight, you pay a bunch of money for 'special' TV channels that say they have no ads, and you still have to watch ads? What kind of insane horseshit is this?".

Put me off non free to air TV for my entire adult life until streaming services became a thing, and you better believe I'm immediately unsubscribing from those the second they pause a video I'm watching to show me promos or ads.

Yes.

spectrum here from 'guest actor promoting tie-in show', to unrelated product placement, to unskippable ads at the beginning of prime shows, to 'watch next episode' button at the end of an episode