Obviously, product placement ads cannot be avoided. The ads at the beginning of a show can be skipped pretty easily. I can mentally ignore sponsored content,

Obviously, product placement ads cannot be avoided. The ads at the beginning of a show can be skipped pretty easily. I can mentally ignore sponsored content, but you are right that it is an ad that. I almost never browse though, and just use the search function. Apple tv+, Amazon prime with the extra $5 per month or whatever, and peacock’s higher tier paid through Apple don’t have ads breaks in the middle of the media for me. Neither did Max when I had it a couple years ago. Other shows or seasons that are rented with a lifetime license from apple (what they call “buying”) don’t have ad breaks either.