Streaming video vs satellite or cable

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The price of cable TV and satellite TV has gotten so expensive that many are looking for cheaper forms of video entertainment. I actually found a few companies that offered a reasonable alternative. The three top streaming services offered some really good programing for a fairly cheap price so I subscribed to one then another and now I'm on all three. Of course you have to have internet access to run them but I consider that a necessity too. I have since then added a few cheap addons to one of my streaming services because they had all the back shows of a few series that I dearly loved. All of the streaming services I have are less than half my internet expense so I think I'm doing pretty good. However, since my health has gotten so bad I have caught up on my most interesting programs and have started casting around my services for something new to watch. I found some, so I was really thrilled until I found out that not all the programing on these services is included in the monthly charge. Some movies and series carry a separate rental fee. Now with one of them I found that if I was patient, in time that fee would disappear as those shows became part of the programing that was included with the monthly fee. So I don't mind that so much. However I feel that the other two services should adopt this practice. At the very least I believe that all streaming services should flag the ones that carry an additional fee on the menu it is first shown instead of waiting until you have clicked all the way through the menu pages to the one you click play on. That way you won't be so disappointed to find out you won't get to watch it after all.