> Isn't this a version of a la carte?

Yes spinning the same content out into more services with smaller catalogs that each cost as much as the old large-catalog service is a verion of a la carte, but its a version that illustrates (rather than contradicts) that the vision of a la carte as cheaper is dead (or perhaps more accurately was always a pipe dream.)

Is each individual catalog not cheaper than some massive catalog subscription? Or do you think that it is somehow possible to offer all of their content for $10/mn?

> Is each individual catalog not cheaper than some massive catalog subscription?

No, individual streaming service prices are mostly constant or edging up over time as catalogs shrink and more content owners set up their own exclusive siloed services.

But is it the same price as cable tv? Which I assume is what you mean by old large-catalog service.

I personally don't think they are even comparable services but I have not had cable service in ~15 years so things might have changed considerably.

Which will never happen