This strikes me as a strawman, at best. After all, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon posts entire seasons at a time for (some) new shows. Perhaps more importantly, they

This strikes me as a strawman, at best. After all, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon posts entire seasons at a time for (some) new shows. Perhaps more importantly, they do so for older shows and for movies. Even waiting for a YouTuber upload isn't the same as waiting for an exclusive time-slot on a channel, which cannot actually be relied on.