[RustomMS]

I grew up watching many movies in multiple languages I only partially understood (my mother tongues so to speak) and, as I grew older, other languages I don't understand at all. The habit of using subtitles kind of stuck. Plus a lot of English language media I see these days have is increasingly various accents in them. For example, I consume a decent amount of British shows where some accents can be tough to understand as someone unfamiliar with them. Even some American accents can be tough decipher for my Canadian ears.

Honestly, I think after some point I have gotten so used to them that they drift in the background and don't distract the way you may feel.

That being said, I understand where you are coming from, I am quite particular about the style of subtitles. I would like them to be white, proportional font, transparent background and black drop shadow/outline. Most other styles I find distracting but that may be because I am used to this particular style. For example I don't like Youtube's default translucent background for the subtitles.