Which streaming service was that on again

Summary

I'm a huge movie fan. I'd even call myself a cinephile. The films I enjoy most are the ones that leave me thinking afterwards. What I don't want to think about beforehand is where I can actually watch them. These days, movies are spread across what feels like a hundred different streaming services. I still don't understand why there isn't a better solution for this. Or maybe I just don't want to accept that this is the only option. Either way, I wanted to figure out how we ended up here, so I did some research. The original promise of streaming was simple. Everything would be available whenever you wanted it. You could sit down in the evening and binge an entire season without waiting a week for the next episode. Well... weekly releases seem to be making a comeback. I've forgotten more than one show simply because I had to wait a week for the next episode. But overall, streaming still changed the way we watch movies and TV. I still remember recording TV shows because otherwise you'd miss them, or waiting until 8:15 p.m. (the prime time) because that's when the big movie of the week started. Today you just lie down in bed, open an app, and watch whatever you're in the mood for. Broadcast schedules don't matter anymore. Another huge improvement was the lack of ads. One of the most annoying things about television was the ad breaks every fifteen minutes. Early streaming didn't have that. You paid for a Netflix subscription and that was it. It was also usually cheaper than cable or pay TV, although I'm honestly not sure that's still true today. And maybe the biggest advantage of all was that one streaming service was enough. Most of the movies and shows people wanted to watch were in the same place, so you never had to think about who owned the rights. Then everything started to fragment. Over time, it felt like every major studio launched its own service. Then Netflix proved just how profitable streaming subscriptions could be. Instead of licensing their movies to Netf...