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This. I was fine with streaming when it started. It's literally what most people were asking for - a la carte pricing for specific channels you want, rather than having to pay a bloated fee for a bundle that you want less than a tenth of.
I've enjoyed streaming over the last few years.
But over the pandemic and now beyond, they've decided to start conglomerating, bundling up a bunch of content I don't want, and charging me extra for the privilege. Which was the complaint about cable.
There's like 3 companies that control all the music and they are getting a great deal from streaming providers. plus they can and do step on the artists to keep the end user price low. (use band camp plz)
Video companies wouldn't bother spinning up their own streaming service if netflix could give them even half of what Music companies are getting and there was only a single creator to screw over.