Term you're looking for is "cord-nevers" [1]

[1] https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/10/14/44...

Same here, but gen Z instead. Only been out of the house for two years (i'm 20) but I have never had an inkling of a desire to sign up for television service. I'm sure part of that is skewed by torrenting, but I still probably wouldn't sign up if such things weren't possible.

I'm more than double your age, and I haven't had a cable TV subscription in probably 15 years. Of course, like you I do torrenting (not that much really, I just don't have that much time for watching anything), but I agree, even if torrenting were somehow suddenly impossible, and everything I had archived was suddenly gone, I wouldn't sign up for a TV service.

I mean the article is referring to traditional tv, which doesn't need to be signed up for, just need an antenna. But, I imagine you also have no interest in the type of programming that comes with that.

Either way, I only own a TV in general because every now and then I like to clean with music on, and rarely watch a movie. Most everything I watch is on a monitor.

Same here, but British instead. Cable is strange and terrifying witchcraft here. I'll have my television beamed to me from outer space, thank you very much!

Stick to it. In your latter years you'll never wish you had watched more TV, but you might fondly remember that moment you walked on a beach at sunset instead and had an amazing encounter.

Same applies to your phone too though :)

Most of the time when you walk on the beach, you don't have an amazing encounter.

There's a long list of television shows I haven't started yet and wish I had. Game of Thrones, Sopranos, The Wire, Mr Robot, and lots of others. It's surprising how often conversations with friends and strangers revolve around our common culture.

I think a lot of people my age credit their love of sci fi while growing up in the 70's and 80's with putting them on their career path.

My advice would be to watch the TV you want to watch, then take your dog out for a walk after. Best of all worlds.

Man, this is literally my Plex library. <15 shows that I ever enjoy watching (ATHF, Mr Robot, The Wire, Sopranos, GoT, Squidbillies, House, King of the Hill, Silicon Valley, Buffy, Futurama to be exact.) They still take up a full 1.5TB because I like to get the highest quality rips possible.

Some shows like House I have edited personally to create 'binge versions,' with the intro and outro cut out, with only special episodes that have special endings or intros included. Saves a good chunk of time with House and The Wire when I rewatch them. I wish a lot of other people did this as well. Instead groups stick to following scene rules that leave us with ugly formats, poor management and naming schemes and more. They were created for a different era.

Maybe I'll try to put it out there.

> "It's surprising how often conversations with friends and strangers revolve around our common culture."

Fairly common (because, I suppose, birds of a feather...) but none the less not quite the same as the previous shared experience. That is, you saw Program X when I saw it. Same date and time. And not all that many years previous, everyone was in the same room watching the same TV.

I'm no Luddite, but I often wonder about the effects of personalization and the loss of the shared experience. If you remove live sports, how many (media) experiences now are common / shared?

What exactly would ‘amazing encounters’ encompass? :-)

You must have had a pretty good life. I can name many encounters I have had for which I would have much rather have been at home watching tv. :)

I rarely use my phone either. I keep it to send the occasional snap, use Discord, Google Maps, Notion for business, Email, and Chrome.

The majority of time on my phone is for a hotspot or to read an article while waiting somewhere. Now to apply it to my PC, couldn't do it.

Let’s not get too proud of our cord cutting. It’s true that nobody on their death bed wishes they watched more TV. I’d argue that nobody on their future death beds will have wished they’d spent more time in Facebook or ChatAppOfTheWeek either.

I mean, I connect with the majority of my friends via Discord. I don't think I'd trade those experiences for anything.

I suppose that's not the same as Facebook.

Certain broadband packages only allow you to get the fastest speeds with a cable bundle. So I have cable, which does have the benefit of giving me HBO, but I use Roku streaming to actually watch.

Same here. I have cable but never use it. Nothing aside from the modem is even plugged into the cable outlet.

I do occasionally watch what might be considered "TV" but it's all through on-demand apps (Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and reluctantly Comcast's streaming app).

Broadcast television was a staple of my childhood and it's something that I miss (e.g., schoolyard discussions about last-nights episode of such-and-such tv show), but streaming television is so much better.

I was born in the 70s and never signed up for TV either.

Same here. Every time I visit my parents I remember why I never signed up for cable TV.