[atomicity]

I've heard stuff before about the fact that conglomerates like Tencent make it hard for Chinese startups to get money. Is that true and potentially the larger factor?

Given that it's so easy to spend 3+ hours a day on internet entertainment, I find it logical that ad-driven social media is a productivity drain. However, are they simply addressing a symptom of why people get hooked to social media? What's stopping people from watching TV for 5+ hours a day like certain older, retired generations?

[MonaroVXR]

Television is boring in my country (The Netherlands) it's plain, compare this to US television and it's in your face. Completely different dynamic.

Maybe it's me because, I have weak spot for other countries than the one I love in. But Germany is boring too.

Social media hits me harder and there again a lot of people from different countries that aren't boring. (I have no way define boring, it's personal.)

[ikr678]

In Australia, we call this 'cultural cringe', and also express strong preferences for foreign produced media.

I personally would rather stare at a blank wall than read fiction by local authors- it is always too familiar a setting and doesn't provide the escapism I am looking for.