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by standardUser 1317 days ago
Modern television is, in my experience, on-demand, ad-free and of vastly higher quality than the crap I used to "surf channels" on for hours.
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Not live sports. At least the picture clarity and resolution has vastly improved, along with the sheer number of camera angles, but digital pollution of the screen space has proliferated and ads have not gone anywhere, and where they used to sometimes be fairly amusing, they're largely just depressing now since they're 75%+ for betting services, with PSAs warning you not to lose your family's life savings sprinkled in here and there. And you can't make a live event on-demand.
When you say Live Sports, are you talking about watching a sport live on television, or attending a game live and watching the jumbotron?
Throw a little hand wave to the starboard side, as I'm in the same boat as you. OTOH, I can spare a sympathetic thought for those into live, televised sports even if I don't enjoy the same entertainment.