I do, because historically I want to support the people making content I love.

However, the distribution channels and situation is nearing abysmal quality while gobbling up more and more money. So long term… I dunno… I only maintain 2-3 streaming services at a time, and one is CBC, which I won’t be dropping.

that’s the fun part, basically none of the money you pay actually goes to the people who made the thing.

like 95-100% of the money that the crew of a movie or TV show makes is paid to them during production. There might be a handful of crew, typically writers, actors, and directors who get residuals, but that’s typically a very small fraction of the total amount they got paid.

Your money goes to the studio who produced the film/show in order to recoup their investment. and in my experience, the studio doesn’t actually give a shit about the creatives who made the thing you love. They’ll get rid of them for someone cheaper at the first opportunity, and a lot of them are trying to get rid of them for AI right now.