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Which Screen Is the ‘Good Screen’ Now?
Instagram TV brings the endless scroll to your television.
TL;DR
- Instagram is expanding its platform to televisions, positioning TV as its "next frontier" to compete with services like YouTube and Netflix.
- This move shifts social media content from the "bad screen" (smartphone) to the "good screen" (television), a concept that has evolved since the pandemic.
- The author experimented with watching her Instagram feed on her TV, noting it allowed for a shared experience with her husband, though it also highlighted potential awkwardness and differing content preferences.
- Experts express skepticism about the appeal of sharing entire personalized feeds with loved ones, suggesting that the intimacy of direct sharing differs from broadcasting a curated scroll.
- The article touches on the evolving perception of screens, where smartphones are seen as addictive "bad screens" and televisions as comforting "good screens."