Which means you either need to pay active attention to the muted ads—something that sounds worse than having them on in the background, imo—or you run a risk of

Which means you either need to pay active attention to the muted ads—something that sounds worse than having them on in the background, imo—or you run a risk of missing part of whatever film/tv show you're watching—again, I'd rather just make the sacrifice of having the ads on and not paying attention to them.