I'd like to offer a different angle on this. You describe subscribers as "consuming consuming consuming drawn out passive content". But I think your analysis l

I'd like to offer a different angle on this. You describe subscribers as "consuming consuming consuming drawn out passive content". But I think your analysis leaves aside those who go on to participate in related forums, create new content ranging from memes and comics to their own channels, discuss the ideas on Twitter, and so on. If anything, I believe the current generation is creating more than the previous one - not everyone has the energy to publish a book, but everyone can make a reaction comic. I'm personally not a fan of Twitch streams, but I do watch once in a while when I'm eating alone and want something to fill the silence. And I don't think it is any worse than what we had before - my nieces are learning that buying toys is fun, while at their age I was learning that war is a good solution to social problems and that it also leads to fun toys.