bambrini16 t1_j29fhad wrote on December 30, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Reply to comment by jensalik in Ever wonder if anyone else on the globe was ever watching the same exact show at the same timestamp by Double-Working1990

I’n confused by your comment and going by your upvoted it’s obviously my issue so ELIA5: if you exist at a time when you can go on reddit, it’s not possible for you to have lived and died before live broadcast TV was invented, no?

yofomojojo t1_j29liw4 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:18 PM

They were referring to the current cord-cutting generation, I assume. Analogue broadcast TV went offline in America years ago so you'd only get TV if you paid for cable or some equivalent service. Plenty of people opted to just stick to streaming services and "cut the cord".

bambrini16 t1_j29m5af wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:22 PM

But they are aware of the concept even if they haven’t used it themselves, no?

I also had no idea that America didn’t have any freeview TV any more- that’s crazy! TIL

jensalik t1_j29roc6 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:57 PM

It went offline in Europe too. But we got digital decoders that you pay only once.

Many kids today watch their shows on Netflix and most adults don't bother to get decoders. So many households never actually watch live broadcast anymore. The concept of looking up when a show is gonna be broadcast and tuning in at the right time is absolutely alien to a good portion of today's youth.