The entire streaming paradigm is a step backwards. Paying ala carts for the content you want would make it much easier for the end customer and enable greater

The entire streaming paradigm is a step backwards. Paying ala carts for the content you want would make it much easier for the end customer and enable greater diversity of content. There is no reason for the streaming service middleman when quality content can be independently financed/produced/marketed and then sold point-to-point as in the Apple ITunes model. I am involved with financing and producing independent TV content. The existing distribution model of cable channels and streaming services is nothing but an obstacle. But so long as this is the dominant industry model I have to live with it. Netflix “beat” the iTunes ala carte purchase model the old fashion Silicon Valley way - by subsidizing an unsustainable provision of services with very foriving capital markets. No it was never realistic to fund all the content you wanted to see for $12 a month. Now everyone wants their own streaming service which just means we end up replicating the old bundled cable model. It’s funny that this is happening without the actual technological reasons that original cable model existed in the first place. I do think this (unfortunately) ultimately leads to greater piracy. I don’t see streaming services 6-20 getting a place on the average consumer’s monthly spend.