I think there will always be demand for linear content. But I would add that linear content tends to benefit an audience that is somewhat off the HN-user's psyc

I think there will always be demand for linear content. But I would add that linear content tends to benefit an audience that is somewhat off the HN-user's psychological radar: 1) Enjoy "noise" in the environment, 2) appreciate scheduled, always-on randomness, and 3) tend to want to like what is generally liked by society. Mass consumerism is the more pessimistic name for it. Bundling is also beneficial for allowing some choice as a value-add, as opposed to choice-first like Netflix. There's less friction in the former, less in the way of putting some random thing on and making it stay on while changing programming over time.