> the market for it only exists due to the greed and stupidity of the legal "platforms". From my experience as a 30-something guy in South/West EU, the "market

> the market for it only exists due to the greed and stupidity of the legal "platforms". From my experience as a 30-something guy in South/West EU, the "market" for the sites you mention is mostly made of high school/university students who are unwilling or unable to put any money into home entertainment content. > many others would find it reasonable to pay $20-50/month for a single streaming service covering 90% of the things you would want to watch But in the EU, $20-50/month get you 2-4 (if not 5) subscriptions from the main content providers. At that point, you are either at that 90% or pretty close. I agree that having multiple services is subpar, but so is looking for movies on the sites you mention (especially without a good adblocker). And I am pretty sure that we will just end up either reinventing cable (ugh), or having smart TVs that subscribe/unsubscribe you from streaming services based on your watch list to keep your monthly expenses at a minimum.