They are being made into consumers, for profit. Big companies don't want you producing mspaint artwork, writing little games yourself. They want you consuming g

They are being made into consumers, for profit. Big companies don't want you producing mspaint artwork, writing little games yourself. They want you consuming generically bland content that they can place advertising beside to make you go buy stuff. There's a slightly similar story with food and why many kids eat sugar. Oh sure you have a choice but when everone has a phone, everyone has a TV, every store has a chocolate aisle at the counter and you've seen 1000 adverts by age 2. Is it really a choice.