> Between the increasing cost of high-speed internet and the proliferation of streaming subscriptions — Netflix, Hulu, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, the Criterion Channel, YouTube, Shudder, Paramount Plus, Peacock, etc. — costs haven’t really gone down all that much. People wind up paying a little less, maybe, but at the cost of having radically fewer choices. What’s interesting about this is how little most folks really seem to mind the trade-off.

What the author misses is that people are so saturated with content that they don't need to subscribe to everything.

I don't have the time to watch everything that I am interested in on just Netflix. What is the point of subscribing to another service, that I won't have time to watch?

It wouldn't matter if they all merged into one giant streaming platform. I don't have the time to watch everything.