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> I do not see why people should fee they are owed all the content in the world for $x.

People just want to pay for what they want. What is so hard about that?

I don't want cable with 500 channels of no interest. I also don't want to deal with subscribe/cancel 20 services as shows come and go.

Just make it simple ffs.

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> What is so hard about that?

Media companies have been using the value of "content you want to watch" to subsidize "content you don't know you want to watch" for about a century now, the back catalogs are what will keep you paying but that only retains value so long as new content can be added to it.

A lot of content can be purchased outright on several different platforms.

It's $40/season, but it's available.

While I myself have purchased many seasons of TV, I should caution you that none of it can be "purchased outright" on these platforms. Your account can be cancelled at any time, and you then lose access with no recourse. "Purchasing outright" requires buying physical media, and even then, disc players are becoming dangerously niche.

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