Ads on broadcast television are varied and usually diverse. They can be actually informative for products, services or sales you might actually be interested in

Ads on broadcast television are varied and usually diverse. They can be actually informative for products, services or sales you might actually be interested in. Broadcasters have had 75 years to figure out what is viable and what will alienate viewers. Linear streaming ads are not close. They are repetitive, annoying, disruptive, jarring and as alienating as possible. They've also screwed up by adding the countdown timer as well - it doesn't help the viewer, it makes them tense while waiting for the ad to end or for the skip button to show. Ads and commercials can actually be helpful if done correctly. I like when I see ads for new movies, online services I may have needed but didn't know existed, and even new snack flavors or whatever. Also, local ads are super useful. Streaming ads are just a money grab right now with zero respect for the viewer. They just shove whatever they want at you, and if they don't have enough inventory of ads, they just shove the same one at you 20 times. The question in my mind is when Amazon sees how badly Prime subscriptions are affected by this move, whether they'll reconsider or not.