You forgot one of the biggest upsides: many of the services you mentioned have few or no ads. Personally, I've refused to pay for any TV product that contains

You forgot one of the biggest upsides: many of the services you mentioned have few or no ads. Personally, I've refused to pay for any TV product that contains ads for something like 10 years now and have absolutely no regrets. I almost never watch broadcast TV either because of the presence of ads.