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I guess the difference between "being on a phone" and watching a TV is the passive consumption of content owned by huge oligopolies that directly influence the

I guess the difference between "being on a phone" and watching a TV is the passive consumption of content owned by huge oligopolies that directly influence the laws to control its distribution. In that sense it's completely unlike chatting with friends on WhatsApp or playing CS, at least while there is some modicum of net neutrality. The type of content, the culture around it and the laws intertwine and create the perception that one has to have multiple TVs around home, all hooked up to some monopolistic content distributor, so they can "catch up on TV" and avoid FOMO. I know plenty of people around who don't have a single TV in their 2br flats. A few have TVs that they use solely to play PS. That's why I suspect the culture is a big reason why American cable can be so user-hostile.

scarface74 8y ago
I guess the difference between "being on a phone" and watching a TV is the passive consumption of content owned by huge oligopolies that directly influence the laws to control its distribution How many hours per day does the average kid spend watching YouTube (controlled by Google)? Of course FB is for old people but people spend hours a day on and off FB. For a lot of people FB is the internet. (https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-idea-theyre-using-the-internet/ https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-id...) And my son has a Playstation. Guess what he spends a lot of time doing? Using it to watch YouTube videos of other people playing video games. Yeah that’s a thing.