Picture quality is pretty low, but the current generation of 'pirate' on-demand and archived streaming services mean I can, in a pinch, watch anything I want to

Picture quality is pretty low, but the current generation of 'pirate' on-demand and archived streaming services mean I can, in a pinch, watch anything I want to. And in the case of archived material, without commercials. And if I use a sketchy paid app on my Android TV device, I can get things in HD. I mention this not to promote piracy but to suggest that the 'Spotify-ication' of video seems enevitable. Netflix is great, but the new order is starting to carry the same baggage as cable: $15 for this, $19 for that, every month, until I feel economic pressure to install a VPN and find things for free. This is the same phenomenon that made the previous generation of pirate sources so popular.