But even in that context, the way that many streaming services will not even show you anything beyond your algorithm and a Top 10 (that may also be algorithm driven) means that it is quite possible to be literally unaware of what choices are available within the services you pay for. That's new.

That’s why we have entertainment media though. Pop culture happy hour, Alan Sepinwall, the avclub, etc etc

even being new, is having peripheral awareness of pop culture ephemera important? it only feels like it would be a "crisis" to those aspiring to be perpetually on the pulse of an imaginary tastemakers' club. the OP has dialed in on one part of the article in a strange way.