Your second paragraph is a rose-colored view of history. People simply watched television. No need to rent when you had hundreds of cable channels to endlessly

Your second paragraph is a rose-colored view of history. People simply watched television. No need to rent when you had hundreds of cable channels to endlessly scroll through. It wasn’t as curated as streaming but then it also helped to avoid the decision fatigue of streaming (and makes me wonder if Netflix and co. could reintroduce “channels” to funnel user selection and reduce analysis paralysis.)