Also non-US, but I never remember this being a problem - the immersion breaking outweighed the lack of a built-in pause every time. But VHS also launched very e

Also non-US, but I never remember this being a problem - the immersion breaking outweighed the lack of a built-in pause every time. But VHS also launched very early in my life and completely eliminated any upsides to ads, as well as many of the downsides!