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AppleTV (the device, not the service) does a decent job of searching across streaming services with a single remote.

Currently, I use Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, and periodically subscribe to HBO Now for a month or two to catch up (then cancel for 10 months).

Edit: As noted below, The Force Awakens is on Disney+ now. You can rent it on iTunes.

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If Apple (or anyone for that matter) could managed to search through a larger variety of subs, that would be incredible. That's what this streaming market needs.

Here's a list of services Apple TV's Universal Search knows about (pretty sure it also searches Amazon Video, which isn't listed here, and I haven't found an official list)...

https://www.lifewire.com/what-channels-support-universal-sea...

Disney+ isn't in the market where I live. It's called Disney Life and it's utter crap.

That's one problem I wish the content companies (production and distribution) would fix. I hate having most streaming options in the US, but having different options when I travel. Weird things like books I bought for Kindle won't download in the UK because they were purchased in the US store. So annoying.

We have lawyers and industry execs to thank for that. They want to squeeze every less penny out of their content across the globe forever. It's ridiculous.

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