Yeah, if you stop watching TV for a few years, trying to watch again after is really jarring. The volume-boost of ads, while not as bad as it used to be, is still pretty obnoxious, and the sheer quantity of ads makes shows much less enjoyable. I really believe that our parents are the last generation to really put up with all the ads, and our generation will just torrent &#x2F; wait for Netflix &#x2F; Prime or something else with minimal ads. The days of paying $100&#x2F;month for 60 channels with linear programming spending a third of their time on ads are numbered.