It’s the difference between a newspaper and a library. Getting the content you want when you want from a vast supply is different from getting whatever short-lived drivel someone else chooses for you.
a hundred .. two hundred .. a thousand ... channels ... too much
Of course, if you like to maintain a specialized channel ... military, f'rinstance ... it's good to have a choice, but my time is better served watching an occasional movie ... and if there's no movie we're interested .in ... we go to bed and play around..