I don’t see the point of television these days, especially if you have easy access to internet. I have almost no clue of what’s happening in the world except the big global stuff, nevermind my country. We’re getting poorer, less jobs, yadayada… I bet that’s what’s going on in the news.
And I don’t watch media, I rather watch clips of movies I grew up with on YouTube.
I did that 20 years ago. It’s great!
Yep that’s me!
OTA, no. Cable, no. $$ for streaming, no. Ads, no. I watch a lot of shows from many countries (AKA I read a lot of shows), but rarely from the US. I hate US tv, it’s so formulaic and boring. I don’t even watch very many movies anymore. Mostly documentaries.
I watch the morning news with my hubs, then pretty much play video games. RPGs to be precise.
I’d much rather be part of my entertainment than merely a spectator.
Yes! Agency!
Yeah 25 years ago.
Me too. I have no idea what’s on TV now.
yeah, we still have a TV package but I havent had a TV in my office where I spend most of my awake off-time, there’s nothing worth watching anymore for me, just awful programming , news, sports, and PPV/Inferior on demand services.
I dont even use netflix anymore, I rage-quit after falling for that tyson paul bait and switch scam. the only “TV” I watch anymore is like streams of 15 year old adult cartoons like the Boondocks and South Park. and whatevers on my buddy’s Plex server. almost entirely old stuff more than 5 years old.
watching the news is just brain rot. you can get informed by 10 mins of scrolling current events on many different websites… if you feel the need to be informed.
Television as a medium, defined by scheduled programming became obsolete as soon as internet-based streaming became viable. The viewer being able to choose what to watch and when is vastly superior.
Piracy was viable a bit earlier, and I quit watching traditional TV then.
I watch The Chase with my mum when I go to see my her. TV is so thoroughly removed from my life that it makes that special occasion all the more enjoyable.
TV is hot garbage riddled with ads. So yeah, I no longer watch, ca. since 20 years.
Haven’t stopped but I watch very little TV, whether on terrestrial or Internet. Listen to way more music and radio these days.
Gave up TV and movies like 15 yrs ago. Still have old TVs in the living room, no one will take them…
Haven’t missed it at all.
I haven’t been able to watch broadcast TV in decades. The commercials were making me physically ill. Too much flash flash between them with sudden volume changes.
As for news, it’s easier and faster to read, plus I can deep dive on anything interesting. For everything else, there’s streaming or piracy.
The dynamic range wars totally rat fucked music but for some reason Television never even attempted to catch the Ads. The volume swings are fucking nauseating. But any show worth watching will still have a DVD release.
TV ad volume is an intentional problem. They went all out to stop auto volume controls from being put into TV’s.
I’m trying to watch Earth Abides for free and I’m getting gutfucked with popup ads. How do you do it?
Not my kinda show, but I’d just take a sub to mgm for a month if I really liked the show. Otherwise it’s a trip to the torrent farm. Honestly I really have to want to see a show for it to be worth dealing with the bay. There’s just way too much for free, or already on a cheap stream, to keep me distracted.
How are you still browsing the internet without an adblocker?
My phone is the usual culprit… on desktop I use uBlock Origin
If you’re on Android, then Firefox can indeed have uBlock Origin there too
Occasionally I go to senior citizens homes and watch their broadcast TV. It’s like going back in time, and I don’t like it.
Your public library has a ton of content for free. Music, tv, film, print… honestly, what more do you need? Just throwing that out there.
I never started. Soon as I left my parents’ house, it was just more time for games and reading and adventure.
