Sweet Dreams Are Made From Screens
Working through our bedtime dependence on devices.
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This is in part because work requires me to have access toall the TV.
And Im sure that, for many viewers, it has been just that.
Yes, cable gave us price gouging and disappointment.
But it also made picking your bedtime programming a whole lot easier.
I cut the cord for a reason.
You were beholden to what was on at any given time.
The only choice was to which predetermined programming you would capitulate.
If cable meant surrendering choice, streaming is racked with endless, relentless decision-making.
How am I supposed to drift away while stressfully browsing through all the options on my Roku?
The process is comparatively strenuous: Going into an app.
Browsing up and down, side to side, everything blurring together.
Pressing the home button.
Going into another app and doing it all over again.
Getting annoyed if the app glitches or freezes.
Again and again and again because Im not finding what I want becauseI dont actually know what I want.
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But the guide is back, and the schedule is here, and I need a nap.
