[ElFitz]

I, for one, used to actively choose to mute the TV and go to the bathroom during ads. It wasn’t happenstance.

And I fail to see how doing so somehow meant I was taking without putting back.

The tv channel got paid the same. Advertisers just priced that into whatever they paid for the ads. One could hope for them that they wouldn’t pay for those if they didn’t find it to be worth it.

The only point I’d agree with here, is that if nobody wants to pay for these things, one way or another, then we shouldn’t be surprised if they don’t exist for long.

But then, why should they, if nobody thinks they’re worth paying for?