Kulturkampf

[Polident]

and it's worse than the old boob tube.

TV ads would be gracefully inserted at specifically designated points in a show, edited to accommodate a brief interruption. 

Streaming Ads just start screaming at you about some inscrutable influencer microbrand after the second syllable of a 4 syllable word in the middle of a monologue. And then show that same commercial 3 times in a row, 4 times across entire runtime of the episode.

Unironically, I believe there’s a craft to pacing around commercials. There are ramp ups and ramp downs and mini cliffhangers. And shows had to be snappy to fit the 22 or 44 minutes.