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I can still pick and choose my streaming. If I don't want Netflix I can cancel it, I don't have to keep it just so I can also watch Hulu.
Yes, if you get everything, it's about the same or more than cable.
Sure, but it is still somewhat similar to cable within any particular service. You're paying increasingly higher prices, to subsidize the costs of shows/movies that you'll never watch. So you have to pay for all of Netflix just to watch the handful of things you want. Also, chances are (for many people) that you may want to watch the new show on HBO Max, and an exclusive movie to Disney+, and maybe apple+ has a great new original show, etc... Many have multiple services, so sooner or later, it looks more and more like it did before, because ultimately it's the same or similar companies as before.
Millennials and older well always be impressed by streaming.
I hate sounding like I am simping for streaming companies, but It's atill not the same as cable. People are comparing the average cable bill to all streaming services combined which is ridiculous. Hulu alone covers like 75% of cable, excluding premium channels like HBO, STARS etc. If they are going to compare all streaming costs to cable, they should be comparing it to the highest cable packages. If they are going to use the average cable bill as a comparison, then they should be comparing it to the average streaming bill.