And now my Netflix is almost at $20/month. And $12/month for Hulu. What about Disney+? Peacock? HBO Max?

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

It’s not the same from my experience. Before, I needed to spend at least a couple hundred dollars (usually on a contract spending an hour on the phone to cancel) on one vendor, who may or may not have the content I want, and it may or may not be available at the time I want it.

Now, I can pick and choose exactly what I want, when I want it, and without advertising breaks. Obviously, if you want everything, then you have to pay for everything. All with a few clicks.

Definitely not the same.

I pay for Netflix and HBO Max, and my friends (sorry "my family") use them.

I don't pay for Disney+ or Hulu, but I use my friend's (sorry "family's") account.

Additionally, canceling any of these services is trivial, and I can stagger them month by month if I wanted.

And? I can pirate movies and TV shows, too. I'm not sure how this changes my point.

Point is that cable was stuck to a single household.

Streaming is cheaper than cable because we can use it across a few households. Amortize costs down 2x-3x, on top of the fact that added up all these subscriptions still cost 20-30% less than cable.

This is just an extra bonus on the easy to cancel aspect, and the no ads aspect.

I think longer term you’ll see the Kickstarter/Patreon model for streaming be the final evolution of the Cable to Streaming transition. Which is likely what you’re still waiting for.

> Streaming is cheaper than cable because we can use it across a few households. Amortize costs down 2x-3x, on top of the fact that added up all these subscriptions still cost 20-30% less than cable.

You're literally saying "streaming is cheaper if I cheat/pirate/break the TOS".

Cable/satellite are even cheaper if you buy a pirate smartcard too, so we're not really making a fair comparison, are we?