Definitely not "fully" as required an additional purchase and planning of what to record. Normal usage of sitting down and turning on the TV to what something being shown at the time does not have skippable advertising.
Whenever I'm in the US and turn on a TV I'm always amazed at the amount of advertising and the effect it has on the media itself. One of the effects of streaming services was that it allowed script writers and producers total freedom from having to structure a story around the ad breaks.
> having to structure a story around the ad breaks
Whenever I try to watch syndicated US tv here in the UK — e.g. The Simpsons — it's incredibly painful because the ad breaks don't line up, so you often get a 'false positive' and/or a 'false negative' that really affects the experience.
Whenever I'm in the US and turn on a TV I'm always amazed at the amount of advertising and the effect it has on the media itself. One of the effects of streaming services was that it allowed script writers and producers total freedom from having to structure a story around the ad breaks.