With streaming balkanized into so many individual providers, it's hard to pay for more than a couple.
So the Grandson has learned to discriminate ads from content, and as soon as an ad comes one, we all chorus, "Stinky Ad!" and then everyone rushes to be the first person to get to the remote and skip it.
It's not a perfect solution, but it's what we have.
It's possible there would be a market for this in genres where there is a strong parasocial connection to the author that drives a desire to simulate interaction.
For something factual or scientific/mathematical, I would not want to interact with a nondeterministic pretend version of the author.
My daughter (29) is getting a filing cabinet and pastel folders. And a cute EDC kit with knife, pen, and screwdriver. My grandson (2) is getting books, little people, and a cheap drone that floats and is controlled by hand movements.
So the Grandson has learned to discriminate ads from content, and as soon as an ad comes one, we all chorus, "Stinky Ad!" and then everyone rushes to be the first person to get to the remote and skip it.
It's not a perfect solution, but it's what we have.