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Re:Netflix Is Responsible for 15% of Global Internet Traffic by eternityforest on Friday August 18, 2023 @02:17AM (#37171927)
1. Want to read a book, that's effort 2. Maybe watch a show instead. Nah that's a half hour commitment I feel I don't have time for 3. Oh I know! Let's scroll shit on YouTube! 4. Significant amounts of time have passed
Re:Netflix Is Responsible for 15% of Global Internet Traffic by em-bee on Friday August 18, 2023 @09:31AM (#37175362)
almost the same for me, except that if i read a book, i risk spending hours without paying attention to anything else, so no. 2 is also the reason why i don't watch half hour videos on youtube. but 3 and 4 happen anyways occasionally.

the problem is that with a book it's difficult to put down, especially mid-chapter. and with youtube videos i can stop after each video. (<- yeah right!)

solved it with audiobooks and making a list of shows i commit to watching when i have time, but no more than one episode per day.