im broke so i don't pay, currently using 3mo apple music subscription. that said even when i get a mediocre salary i would pay 9.99 for apple music (or spotify). at most states minimum wage this is ~1 hour a month. since the movie/media companies either have shit teir stresming (hulu, hbo go) i still watch on primewire, but i could imagine with a halfway decent salary for $100 i could have internet, netflix, hbo go, anytging on itunes, prime, and some money left over for an online rental or 2, that strikes me as a good deal.

sure i could torrent, see if the seed health is decent, check if commenters gave positive feedback, and then store a 500mb - 2gb file. but a la carte streaming is actually much better. cable just needs to die but it wont when the internet & media companies enjoy 2 monopolies & gov subsidies