The first time I saw television in the early 50s there were one minute of ads every 15 minutes. After my military time I noticed that it was one minute every 10 minutes.
Now, it is so ridiculously more ad time than program content that I refuse to watch many of the stations. The remote control is my friend. Ad time is wasted on me anyway. I am not going to buy anything simply because some so-called celebrity says that it is a good deal.
I always used the commercials for bathroom breaks and refilling the snacks.