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> Telling people to just go without a TV is a little more than a “perceived” inconvenience. From personal experience, it really really is barely even an inconv

by zahlman 8mo ago

> Telling people to just go without a TV is a little more than a “perceived” inconvenience. From personal experience, it really really is barely even an inconvenience. Especially in a world where YouTube exists and is accessible for free from a desktop computer. There's barely been anything good on TV for decades, and the older stuff probably only seemed good because of the difficulty of publishing any competition.

hnlmorg 8mo ago
It really depends on the individual. I barely watch any TV and have been like this for the 30+ years that I’ve been old enough to own a display. For a while, I did go fully in with media centres. Even running XBMC on an original Xbox. But I honestly just don’t really care for video content all that much regardless of how it’s delivered. But I also know a hell of a lot of people who still massively prefer watching content the traditional way. As in, not just TV shows, but on a TV too. And I have no more right to tell them how to consume video content as they do to tell me how I should consume the stuff I want to read.
- rbanffy 8mo ago
  > And I have no more right to tell them how to consume video content as they do to tell me how I should consume the stuff I want to read. I sometimes suggest they’d do themselves a favor if they stopped watching Fox News and reality TV, that life is much better without that.
  - hnlmorg 8mo ago
    But that’s not the same thing as saying “people shouldn’t own a TV and instead find themselves a hobby”. Which is the original comment that people objected to.
listenallyall 7mo ago
Lol, your position is, don't watch tv, just watch YouTube. That's not really a radical shift. Fine if it works for you, but TV has plenty of things going for it... big screens, watch from 10 ft away on a couch, watch with other people, regular schedule (i.e. Jeopardy on the same time every day), live sports, local news, shows with generally high production values. But probably most importantly, passivity - yes that is a feature.

by zahlman 8mo ago

hnlmorg 8mo ago

It really depends on the individual. I barely watch any TV and have been like this for the 30+ years that I’ve been old enough to own a display. For a while, I did go fully in with media centres. Even running XBMC on an original Xbox. But I honestly just don’t really care for video content all that much regardless of how it’s delivered. But I also know a hell of a lot of people who still massively prefer watching content the traditional way. As in, not just TV shows, but on a TV too. And I have no more right to tell them how to consume video content as they do to tell me how I should consume the stuff I want to read.

rbanffy 8mo ago
> And I have no more right to tell them how to consume video content as they do to tell me how I should consume the stuff I want to read. I sometimes suggest they’d do themselves a favor if they stopped watching Fox News and reality TV, that life is much better without that.
- hnlmorg 8mo ago
  But that’s not the same thing as saying “people shouldn’t own a TV and instead find themselves a hobby”. Which is the original comment that people objected to.

listenallyall 7mo ago

Lol, your position is, don't watch tv, just watch YouTube. That's not really a radical shift. Fine if it works for you, but TV has plenty of things going for it... big screens, watch from 10 ft away on a couch, watch with other people, regular schedule (i.e. Jeopardy on the same time every day), live sports, local news, shows with generally high production values. But probably most importantly, passivity - yes that is a feature.