Exactly. I sort of dislike the term applied to things like consumer (there is is again) electronics because I like to think of that stuff as more of a tool for doing things or occasionally an appliance for making other things easier or more efficient.

But for television and movies, I'm just sitting back and enjoying it the way I would a good meal or a good cocktail. I'm not interacting with it in the way I'd interact with a video game or a board game. I'm not using it to create anything except maybe in the most abstract way of "enabling me to make connections with other people who also like the show/movie".

And I'm fine with that. I like the new popularity of serialized television as much as the next guy because it can be more akin to reading a novel in its own way. I'm being entertained and sometimes mentally stimulated by it even though I'm not creating or doing anything else.

And other times I prefer something interactive like a game or something creative like my ongoing quest to get better with hobby electronics. If anything, my only complaint is that I sometimes feel like I've already watched everything I'm interested in seeing. Skimming Netflix or Amazon Prime Video or rentals from the Play Store(or even torrents when I get really bored and run out of ideas) for stuff to watch is a lot more common now than it was 5 years ago when I hadn't been using the services for as long.

I guess I just treat Netflix and Amazon the way I used to treat basic cable: I can't always count on a specific thing being there but if I skim through the options, there's usually something to watch. For the relatively low cost, I find it generally worthwhile.

Do you "consume" paintings in art galery?

Read/watch? IIRC "consume" showed up within the last decade.

Use