I enjoy reading. I also prefer text to phone call. I enjoy subtitles.

It helps with the dialogue, but I also like it because I feel like it keeps my mind more active and involved in the story. It’s more like reading a book and watching a movie.

Pretty sure genx does this too

*Laughs in Dolby 5.1 with high quality Remuxes that have a center channel.

Seriously though, you can't blame them. Audio production these days is engineered for theaters and surround sound. Most of Gen z is watching this content in stereo - either through phone speakers or shitty TV speakers.

Elder millennial here, my T.V. often has subtitles on, but that's because I only speak English but frequently watch content in other languages, namely Hindi, Spanish, Tamil & Telegu, and it's still on when I do watch something in English.

That being said I turn the English off as soon as I find the remote, and one of the things I least like about visiting my brother is his wife insists on having English subtitles in large font all the time. Particularly annoying when watching something live like hockey.

I've used descriptive audio to re-"watch" my favorite movies while driving for work. It's fascinating how the descriptions work with the time constraints to get the story across.

Here's a great podcast episode about how they are made: 20,000 Hertz - Audio Descriptions

that is also the dryest popcorn I have ever seen, where is the butter?