The loneliness of streaming services

There is simply too much of lean-forward, intense stuff to watch online

Is the glut of content on Netflix, Amazon, Voot and others making you ill? Are you spending more time surfing than actually watching all those award winning shows and films? Do you long for the days when you could switch on the telly, watch something while pottering around and go off during an ad break? Do you feel like an addict — intense, unflinching involvement in whatever you are watching followed by cold turkey when it is over? These are the existential questions the Khandekar home —representative of the three to five per cent of the 187 million TV homes