That’s exactly what I do as a millenial/gen Y. The last time I purchased a full-price game was probably Dragon Age Origins.

Don’t listen to this quack! What you need is theriac, theriac I say!

was not being expected to be personally available every minute of the day

I’m just not and people get used to it. I take some days to answer to texts, often leave my phone where I can’t hear it and it kind of works fine. If it’s really important, people usually try several times.

Honestly it was pretty horrible when I think about it. Both my parents were very active in sports clubs and had jobs that involved getting a lot of calls at home. I had to answer the phone several times a day, yell, take notes when my parents weren’t home and wasn’t allowed to be on the phone for “too long” because someone else could call.