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>>ksec+(OP)
I know it's morally dubious, but I'm completely back in pirateland because of all the changes/price hikes/partitioning in the streaming space. My interests make it so I only watch 1-2 shows per platform so I'd be approaching ~100$/month.

And even if I was swimming in money, it's often easier to just download the shows I want and watch them on Plex/Jellyfin than trying to navigate the (often ad-riddled) interfaces of the various platforms and finding where the content I want is.

One example is Rick and Morty, it's made by Adult Swim, but they don't have a streaming service in Canada. It seems to be on Primevideo but under a different system than their regular content. The other way to watch it is to buy it from my cable provider (I don't have cable). So to watch a 20-minutes animated show I'd have to take a +40$ subscription.

>>belval+Qg
I'd personally like to see a sort of 'least favoured nation'-type deal where copyright holders are obligated to offer their show at the lowest cost to all streaming services. Streaming services get to compete on value added, producers get their pay, consumers get their fix. Maybe allow a 6 month exclusivity or something similar.

It seems like a pipe dream but it shouldn't, we (the demos) are supposed to be the ones to principally profit from copyright.