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About 20 years I went on a vacation to southern Spain .... during the point when Spain was just fully transitioning into the European Union.
I remember trying to watch some TV programs (there wasn't much to watch) ... but the funny thing that struck me was the commercials. They'd play an hour and half long movie for about an hour ... then stop and play non stop commercials for about 15 minutes. It was normal for everyone because they used the time to just get up, bathroom break, kitchen duty, clean the house, go grab some groceries, etc ... then return to the living room in time to watch the rest of the movie. No one watched commercials because they all hated them as much as anyone else.
I don't think they do that any more but I thought I wouldn't mind that myself ... instead of breaking my show every ten / fifteen minutes with a minute of commercials ... just show them all to me in ten minutes at the end of an hour.