One point I agree with him on is that, I mean I don't have a ton of discretionary income. My computer can't actually play video games, so if there is a game I'm interested in, I might youtube it.  But in a lot of ways it is more like TV than anything else. I find tv shows boring, but some youtube commenters are kind of funny or entertaining - in a way it is about the personality of the person. Maybe like listening to the morning talk shows on radio in traffic, or a podcast.  I can see how people would think it's dumb, and that's cool. But it isnt entirely without merit - there are things that I think are dumb that other people like, and I try not to judge them that hard for it, and instead realize that it's just something I don't like and am not interested in rather than it being objectively wrong or something.