Raises an interesting question: is something only trash if there are better options available? I'd say no, personally. Something can just be bad in isolation, it doesn't have to be worse than something else to qualify.

But at the very least, maybe it was just trash compared to the experience of not watching a short video on your phone while riding on an escalator. Trash compared to just looking around. Would staring at your shoes, or the head of person in front of you, or the environment surrounding you have been a better experience than those short videos.