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The reality is the average person's time to watch TV/unwind is also going to be spent doing chores. This was always the case. When I was a kid, we watched shows that could be followed along by whoever was cooking dinner/doing dishes as well as the people sitting in front of the set. People don't have all that much extra free time.

Movies were an experience because... they were an experience. They weren't constantly on. They were a rare treat, not something consumed nightly.

>>_DeadF+(OP)
It’s very true this drives watch time, but I doubt it drives subscriptions.

My guess is some internal metrics favor watch time over quality and is just quietly killing their business.

>>Retric+17
As most of their revenue becomes advertising revenue instead of subscriptions then watch time is all they care about. It’s what happened with cable TV.

>>Retric+17
> I doubt it drives subscriptions.

We would not have as many streaming subscriptions as we do if had to sit in front of the TV to watch shows, if we couldn't have shows in the background while doing laundry and other chores.