[dark-star]

I guess the difference is how we are watching things.

You are probably looking for an answer to a certain question. Or want something that you can rebuild at home. Or want to consciously spend the next hour actually extracting valuable information (or enjoyment) from a video.

But here I meant it more like: When I get home from work, I can start up my PC, open YouTube and start watching Hjalfi's new video, while simultaneously going about my usual routine of reading/answering mail, doing some coding, playing a game, etc., all while watching the video on a second display.

i.e. for me it's more like streaming music in the background, except it also has video. Of course you probably can't do things that require you to be super focussed (and in those cases, I actually pause the video), but in all other cases (casual gaming, coding things like Advent of Code, etc.) it's pretty nice.