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.
Haven’t watched TV in 15 years. I’ve wanted my media on a TV though.
I don’t even have access, it would cost me extra. And the content is cancerous and riddled with ads, I see it every time when visiting my dad. For news there are news websites and the big news corps have their program online anyway.
TV is hot garbage riddled with ads. So yeah, I no longer watch, ca. since 20 years.
Zoomer here, I grew up without cable/tv access. The only thing plugged to the black rectangle was my Wii and the other consoles I got. When it (tv) was available, I didn’t see the appeal at all, I had internet access already.
I haven’t watched regular tv in 15-20 years, with the occasional exception if I’m in a hotel. Mostly just stuck to streaming platforms in the last ten years, however my attention span for those has dwindled and I also just don’t really have the time or mental energy to watch much. I probably watch 1 movie per month, with one or two shows here and there. As a result, I’ve just cancelled almost all of my streaming packages.
I was in a hotel just this week. Got in late, after traveling all day, so I flipped on the tv. I pulled up the guide and clicked a channel that sounded interesting. It was in a commercial break, after 1 commercial I brought the guide back up. I scrolled through hundreds of channels with the crappy hotel remote control. The entire time, the commercials were still playing in the background. I eventually made it down to HBO at the bottom of the list and picked a movie that had just started a few minutes ago. The outrageous length of the ad break from the first channel was unbelievable. Easily more than 5 full minutes. Why do people put up with it. And why do people PAY for the “privilege”?
I love TV but the content is so terrible,
I pretty much exclusively watch the local and sometimes national news. YouTube is where I go for most of my mindless content consumption.
I have a media PC running MythTV that I use as a DVR for over the air broadcast TV. Over the years I have been using it less and less. Today I use it for sports almost exclusively. It is good for things like the oscars too. Most of the time I am just trying watching Youtube on my media pc.
I only use it to watch live sports, everything else is watched online.
Not watched it in 20 years.
Any time I’m somewhere else and a TV is on, it seems worse. Adverts seem to be mostly “waste money on scams” and “borrow money in scams”. The content has gone beyond even the cheapest reality TV nonsense.
I can’t believe they even film some of that crap, let alone broadcast it.
It’s hundreds of channels of adverts, with gaps between them filled as cheaply as possible. Doesn’t seem to be any more actual good content than we had when there was only 4 channels.
I can’t believe they even film some of that crap, let alone broadcast it.
It gets even worse. There are people who actually watch it. And not just a few.
I stopped watching almost entirely back in 02 when I got sick of watching planes flying into the WTC over and over. And over. And over. I also hate ads. I’ve never paid for cable or streaming, aside from YT premium.
If I want to watch a show I buy a disc, watch at a friend’s place, or I don’t bother. Is it that important, really?
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.
During the past couple of years my media consumption gradually decreased to none. I don’t remember when was the last time I turned on my TV, and haven’t watched a single thing on Plex. My only source of news currently is whatever is on Lemmy. As for youtube, the occasional tech video or a guide for something I’m trying to do.
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 started watching again after moving in with my now wife. Fortunately our TV has a recording function, which has the benefit of being able to fast forward through commercials.
That way I can mitigate the horror that are ads. Otherwise I’d refuse to watch tbh
Every once in a while I turn on actual television — usually when I stay in a hotel. I’m always completely blown away by the number of ads. It’s almost a joke at this point. Sorry. I don’t have the attention span for 5 minute ad breaks anymore. It’s like equal parts show and ads too.
