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I've noticed some streaming platforms have ads for other shows/movies they've made. I don't love these but can tolerate them because:

1. They are only at the start of a show, so I'm not interrupted. 2. They offer a skip button. 3. They are ads for somewhat-relevant content and I don't tend to explore the space of other things to watch very much.

That said, it's a knife-edge for me. If they got even a smidgeon worse I probably wouldn't watch anything on those platforms.

> I have nothing but bad memories of how ads made cable unwatchable

I have nothing but good memories of how we used to pay for cable so we wouldn't have to watch ads. Then it went downhill.

I’m sure Amazon will be happy to sell you movies in your preferred format.

I'm sure they would, but I try not buy physical media from them because they ship it in a paper envelope and it often arrives damaged.

Last time I bought DVDs from Amazon they shipped me what appeared to be bootlegs.

DVDs are 576p at best, so you could probably get away with a smaller TV too