@n0toose The benefit to consumers, if all the big streaming companies had two brain cells each, would be:
* Much lower bandwidth and infrastructure cost, but they'd still charge the same - but more money would then be available to fund more (and higher quality) shows.
* More unified access to TV and film; could also do it for news and such. Anywhere in the world.
* More competition. Companies make more money and consumers would spend a lot less (they'd only need one provider).
Everyone wins.