I think one of the big reasons is that liturgies don't have much in the way of CGI and action. It can't complete with the MCU and commercials. It is boring by contemporary standards. Just like books vs. Youtube.
It doesn't help that modern liturgy are often so beige and lacking in flare. The music is bland like 70s pop. The walls are bare. No sparkle. I think maybe that is why more and more churches are bringing the sanctuary bells back. :)
Maybe that is why some young people are attracted to the Traditional Latin Mass. The vestments and decorations and music are more vibrant and awe-inspiring. A white alb with a rope just can't beat a lacy surplice. Incense, chant, polyphony. It is much more glitzy and flashy.
Still, even the TLM is staid and static compared to the MCU, not the least because of the soberness that the Latin liturgical tradition is known for.
Maybe television ruined liturgy for us boomers.
The Byzantine liturgy is more immersive of all the senses and things are ratcheted up a few flamboyant notches from the Latin liturgy, even the TLM. Which could account for its increasing popularity
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