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Oh yeah, good question! Before streaming, it was completely different. You had to wait for your show to air on TV at the scheduled time, that's it. If you missed an episode, well, you missed it and you'd hope it would get rerun, otherwise you were stuck asking a friend who'd recorded it on VHS or DVD. I've got quite a few memories from back then, I was young but I'd watch with my family every Saturday night. It was kind of an event, you know, everyone was in front of the TV at the same time.
Then it changed a bit with VCRs and then DVD burners - at least then you could record your shows and watch them whenever you wanted. That made a big difference. There were also people downloading episodes by torrent of course, but that was risky and not practical for everyone. And you can't forget that some people would wait for the DVD box sets to come out in stores to watch a whole series, that could take months or even years.
Honestly, it was more frustrating than today but in a way it was also nice waiting for new episodes week after week. It created more anticipation, you know? Now with streaming subscriptions you can watch everything at once, it's convenient but you don't get that feeling of waiting. I like both honestly, but I can see why young people now find it weird having to wait.
It's true that it was a different era. I grew up with that stuff and honestly, it made things simpler in some ways - you'd watch whatever was on TV and that's it, no need to pick between a thousand things. Now with streaming it's cool to have access to everything, but sometimes I miss the days when there wasn't so much pressure to binge-watch an entire season all at once, you know? It's like with plants too, too many choices kills the choice.
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