"Binge watching movies is just as bad as doomscrolling!" - No, it's not.

As a teen there was a dollar theater nearby that always had older films going on.

You could spend a whole afternoon watching a few movies for $5-10, in their intended formats.

There is no way doomscrolling can be compared to films or even shows. With movies, you're watching a story unfold from beginning to end - with shorts and reels, it's mostly 10 second garbage designed to loop endlessly with being urged to scroll further to rot your brain.

The free ad-supported platforms out there have so many classic movies and I've seen so many recently - which has further sparked my interest in the early history of Hollywood and silent films.

Can't get that with doomscrolling.