I've never seriously considered cutting that 'cable-cord', perhaps because I am in that older age band. But I have seen these apparent market trends, visions, and analysis' for some years now where the "Family TV" is dead or dying in favor of laptop or PC usage for every family members' independent needs, and I have never been wholly convinced it would happen.
I've seen the trend amongst younger people who live away from the family home to forgo land-line telephones, preferring mobile/cellnet access, and may be that will continue. Us older folks who have both, land-line and cell phone, will become the minority as time goes on. But telephone and TV are different things.
As you say, as younger people settle down and have children, the "family room" becomes more important, if not essential, and I can see that the TV as the focal point will continue.
What may change is the TV itself. It is already becoming more advanced in what it does whilst at the same time, becoming slimmer and less of a physical presence in the corner of the room. It is now a wall-hanging in many homes, like an animated painting. But it will still be the one-stop place for our news and entertainment.
Mark

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