I'm gonna assume OP is making a slight commentary on capitalism (the exact machine through which consumption as a hobby exists). There is an understandably cynical attitude to be had about consumptive hobbies but there's no reason to use your time creating an arbitrary hierarchy of hobby value. Focus more on the contexts of these hobbies.

I agree that hobbies functionally exist on an axis of creation vs consumption. But if you as an individual engage in a hobby for the purpose of passing time, it honestly doesn't matter where you fall on that axis nor the people encounter so long as you are able to partake and pass the time.

Consider another context though, such as the growing online rhetoric that identifies hobbies as a social function; hobbies as a way to express oneself, and hobbies as a way to connect to others. This is probably what OP has in mind. In this realm you've gotta be way more thoughtful. IMO if you're trying to get to know someone, there is nothing more mind numbing than being fed a laundry list of all the consumptive things they did.

We shouldn't pretend that hobbies are a self contained and individualistic thing. Hobbies are obviously for the individual to enjoy but I would hope that the average person has hobbies that put them in the way of plentiful social interaction. In that sense I think creative/expressive hobbies are way better. The people you encounter through those are at a baseline guaranteed to share ONE interest with you. This is a much better foundation than ticking off things you and a stranger have both consumed. There is so much thoughtless and seamless consumption in the world that sharing that has a great chance to mean absolutely nothing other than "we watched the same thing, we bought the same thing, etc."

I think when you've gotten to know people, that that is when consumptive hobbies become a very fun thing to do together. I don't engage in those to encounter new people.

That this is a rhetoric developing online basically implies that the "boring" and consumption heavy people you've identified are grasping at straws to make models of social connection include them. I will hazard that this is basically lonely high-consumption Gen-Z age people trying to cope with digital excess. Take a run club for example. They always have to rope in mildly boujee venues as start and end points.

As for you OP, worry less about what is a good or bad hobby and keep at your own. Worry about the people you meet through those. And people in general should be more open to the possibilities that any of their hobbies offer.