I am decidedly middle aged and don't mind a drink but still see little reason to "hang out" at a pub as was once common. I don't stay at home all the time but

I am decidedly middle aged and don't mind a drink but still see little reason to "hang out" at a pub as was once common. I don't stay at home all the time but when I go out it is for an experience and not "just chilling". And so the pub is again a long way down the list of things I'd rather be doing. The pub experience seems to not elevate itself enough to be worth leaving home for and yet, if it was a more "elevated experience" it wouldn't be classed as a pub anymore. Maybe pubs are simply becoming something else more entertaining to compete in the attention economy? EDIT: removed wordy pros/cons list that made little point