I think there are people who like to do things, and people who like to do nothing.
Next, there is an effort threshold between these choices for some people. For me, IRL activities and mouse/keyboard means that I "do things".
At a moment I'm bound only to a touchscreen (phone, ipad, android tablet, etc.) with no access to better activities, I will likely read or watch YouTube videos. You can categorize those activities as doing something or doing nothing if you like, but the effort threshold for my regular keyboard/mouse activities is just too high to accomplish on a phone on-demand.
I think in the general case, there are varying degrees of laziness and varying degress of inaccessibility for better activities in the general population.
I hate tiktok, but I understand why you would watch pointless 30 second clips for an hour when the perceived alternative may be a pointless microtransaction farmville clone.
Next, there is an effort threshold between these choices for some people. For me, IRL activities and mouse/keyboard means that I "do things".
At a moment I'm bound only to a touchscreen (phone, ipad, android tablet, etc.) with no access to better activities, I will likely read or watch YouTube videos. You can categorize those activities as doing something or doing nothing if you like, but the effort threshold for my regular keyboard/mouse activities is just too high to accomplish on a phone on-demand.
I think in the general case, there are varying degrees of laziness and varying degress of inaccessibility for better activities in the general population.
I hate tiktok, but I understand why you would watch pointless 30 second clips for an hour when the perceived alternative may be a pointless microtransaction farmville clone.