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I wouldn't mind having a cable package again if it weren't for all the ads. I'm simply not going to pay for a service for it to inject ads into my experience, and that includes cable television.

I'm not sure it's comparable. I wouldn't say TiVo was as convenient as streaming, the shows were at predefined times on different channels, it was harder for providers to track what shows got views from which customers, which I believe is why streaming services has been able to produce such high quality shows. They both have the benefit of not being reliant on advertisers, as well as tracking exactly what their paying customers mostly focus on and put money there.

Spotify pays whatever artists I listen to. If I buy a cable package I pay for a bunch of reality TV I have never watched.

It is almost as if the companies providing these services don't have the consumer's best interests at heart, and people sense that...