I used to watch movies and shows on my computer monitor, in which case 720 was mostly acceptable. Though a few years ago I switched to a NAS for storage and I use a typical TV instead... now I don't feel the need to use smaller filesizes. I tend to go with 1080 by default.
The NAS is really a godsend... you can fill that thing up with whatever your want and still have room to spare.
True with most things. Although facebook creates shadow profiles for everybody, through websites with the tracking pixels. It allows them to "market" toward people that don't even have registered FB accounts. Diabolical stuff
Was it really that common though? There were a couple shows with that trope but only a handful were popular. It's kinda like the popularity of "Westerns" which is pretty low these days outside of isolated ranching shows like Yellowstone etc.
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