> what requires the internet or becomes tedious if we opt not to use the internet

> Listening to music

Isn’t that just their choice? The most tedious it can get is if you want to stay completely offline, then for acquisition you have to buy the CD or Vinyl in person, which makes it about exactly as tedious as it used to be before the internet. Listening offline? Extremely easy. Works the same way it always had, but the software is better.

There are a lot more examples like this, where the tedious part is simply how it used to be, and using the internet instead is making it easier.

It doesn’t become tedious, it always was, and the internet simply offers an easier alternative. Granted, there are some other examples on there, but not that many.

They shortly after say "joking aside", but that seems like a lot of text for a "joke".