I don't watch sports. Almost everything I watch is scripted. The closest thing I can think of might be cooking shows (bake off), but even in that case I'd have

I don't watch sports. Almost everything I watch is scripted. The closest thing I can think of might be cooking shows (bake off), but even in that case I'd have to get off the couch and go to the store and buy a bunch of things I don't have (often including equipment) before I could even attempt to make those same foods for myself. Children watching minecraft videos instead of playing minecraft don't even have to get off the couch. They just have to reach for the controller and remote, or even just for their phones, and they can do the activity they've been watching someone else doing. Playing with blocks is fun. Watching a stranger who can't see or hear you play with blocks seems far less fun, but kids spend hundreds of hours doing exactly that. I can understand people watching other video games that have characters and a plot, and I can understand people watching sports which have teams/players and a contest with an uncertain outcome, but watching a stranger play with blocks where there is zero story and zero stakes seems insane.