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Really, we went through all this before with music. Eventually, the various record companies figured out that licensing the music to 3rd party services was the best deal they were going to get.
Unfortunately, the video companies are fighting it tooth and nail with Disney leading the way. Disney seem to think the way to get ahead is simply buy out the competition. Once again a situation where the government granted monopoly aka super long copyright, has grossly distorted the market. With a 28 year copyright, there isn't nearly the incentive to buy out everyone else, all those pre 1960 movies and shows would already be in PD.
You can only fleece the public so much. Eventually, the price gets to the point where the consumer says enough and moves on to something else. Cable companies have already found that out. Consumers aren't going to pay for 5 or 6 different streaming services. At best, they will pick the 2 or 3 that gets the most of what they want.
I still have cable, but it's basic cable plus a sports package with nothing else. At one time, I had several premium channels such as HBO and Showtime, but it got to be too expensive and typically there was only one or two new movies a month that I wanted to watch. Better to get Rome or Band of Brothers on DVD.
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