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IMO what the latest generations are missing out on is the absolute randomness of on air TV.
TV used to be flipping through channels until something caught your attention, even if it isn't or wasn't what you were in the mood for and absolutely finding it interesting/a good watch.
We caught ourselves this last vacation chilling at our rental watching an old (late 90s) movie we haven't seen in a long time and it clicked for me: our kids curate thier own watchlists and looking at a thumbnail or reading the description isn't the same as coming across a show a quarter of the way through trying to figure out whats going on and staying until the end.
A bit of a boomer take, but it's an experience im close enough to be one to make.