The price advantage was always going to be temporary. People have clearly demonstrated that they are willing to pay however much for access to content. Furtherm

The price advantage was always going to be temporary. People have clearly demonstrated that they are willing to pay however much for access to content. Furthermore, the content producers have gotten used to a certain amount of funding, and are unlikely to give it up willingly. The biggest difference is that today people can pirate content that they can't otherwise find conveniently. But people are likely willing to pay even a very high fee to stream content conveniently, and if streaming services play there cards right, I suspect they will manage to raise fees substantially.