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Everything really. If the first chapter of a book sucks, if a movie starts with a long roll of credits or some idiotic premise. Even YouTube channels I used to watch, if it doesn't capture my attention right away I know where to find content that will. I'm Even learning to do it with the internet and Lemmy over the last couple of months with AI. I can quite literally program friends, experiences, and ask plain text questions and get good answers with cited sources using open source offline AI. It is not about my attention span, it is about the efficiency of the modern world.
Although I can understand your sentiment, I have to disagree with you.
Some things take time before you can really enjoy it. Your mention about the first chapter of a book struck me the most. For me, I always told myself I would read the first 80 - 100 pages of a book before I would really give up on it. Some things just take time to establish a plot, mood, or just to get things up to speed. It's worth the effort to work your way through a maybe rough beginning to get to the good parts later on.
But, we could just be different people with different speeds. So you do your thing if that makes you happiest :)
I find myself researching movies, books etc. before I read them so I can see if they'll suit my tastes. Then, even if they start slow I know generally I'll enjoy them and it'll be worth the initial investment. I think that helps improve my attention span because my patience is then rewarded.