Thus completing the cycle back to whence we came (from cable subscriptions), but on the internet instead of television.
Meanwhile, everyone else seems to be interested in forcing users to pay for and use as many different services as possible, starting with 5G's network slicing features.
I stopped pirating music when the iTunes Music Store came out. It wasn’t worth dealing with the hassle of Napster/Kazaa/Limewire.
I’m not above getting a movie or tv series “off the back of a truck”, but if I want something now I’ll rent it from iTunes. I’ve even bought a few movies from Amazon, Google, and iTunes now that you can sync most purchased movies between all three services via Movies Anywhere.
I also pay for Hulu, Amazon Prime, DirectV Now, and get Netflix free from T-mobile.
Only a few players are on board however.
That said, it doesn't aggregate the actual subscription charges, the parent is thinking of something more like VRV, or I don't know, the free Netflix subscription you get with some T-Mobile plans.
Hoopla and Kanopy are services that offer feature films through your local library. They both have appleTV apps, but neither appear in the TV app.
Gentlemen, there’s only two ways I know of to make money: bundling and unbundling
“You know the difference between me and you? I bleed red and you bleed green.”
Once that's narrowed down, it's usually not a problem to pull up the respective app and start the show. Something integrated might save the redundant in-app search but that's probably less than one minute of the average 45 minute viewing session.
I had to buy some old DVD's which I fully intend to rip into x265 hevc and spread around online - just to preserve it.
It's called The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJVCr7H3rco
Though it aggregates digital cable channels on the net.