I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.

I think it’s important though, to differentiate between giving control over a passive activity (watching someone else’s creation) and an active activity (creating something yourself). Despite the promise and hype of Web 2.0, the vast majority are consumers, rather than creators. This is an interesting chart, showing that even radio (a medium most of us assume is already dead) has a greater reach than the internet.

Also, I should note that my DVR has a button on it that you can program to skip ahead 30 seconds or one minute, so I don’t actually see the commercials I’m skipping.