Just for the record: I don't "meekly" go along with
anything.
I just don't hate commercials. In fact, I quite often appreciate the break. I watched the commercials when the shows were first broadcast free OTA, and I watch the commercials now. Even before my last DVR conked out, I found fast-forwarding through commercials and trying to stop at the right spot much more tedious and hectic than just watching the commercials or tuning them out.
I'm really not trying to be difficult, I just honestly
don't get the "inalienable right to watch advertising-free televison" mentality (first-run, or rerun) that seems so prevalent in today's culture. I watch little enough TV that I could easily go commercial-free if I wanted to. I just don't care enough about them to bother. I've got bigger fish to fry.