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Wiith how often either someone I know or some random user is like, here watch this. And it's anywhere from 15-60 minute video. How many hours day do you think I have. Just sum up what you're trying to show me in a few sentences.
It's like the 21st century version of useless work meetings.
This didn't need to be a meeting.
This didn't need to be a Youtube video.
This didn't need to be a podcast.
It's oversaturation.
Same goes with podcasts. I'm sure we're past peak podcasting too. Everyone and their dog has a podcast. 99% of them are private conversations that have no reason for existing as podcasts. People are recording a random conversation about nothing and calling it a podcast episode. Just stop.
I don't even watch so many hours of TV shows. I have maybe two or three shows I'll be watching at any given time. That's like a few hours a week. The algorithmic content pushing has lost the plot. They expect us to be robotic content consuming machines 24 hours a day, seven days week. I have to eat and shit and earn a living so I can continue to sustain my physical existence so I can consume content. I suppose this is the natural end goal of adtech companies like Google. A tireless soulless machine that devours humanity.
Much of the content has become useless fluff. A good chunk of Youtube videos and podcasts are just friends bantering or cackling over inside jokes. Like why am I listening to this noise being blasted from my headphone to my ears. I'm over it.