People want what they want and woe betide anyone who would deny them that, no matter how understandable the motivations may be.

In many corners of entertainment, this year has been defined by a desire for consolidation, for the absence of competition and the triumph of convenience at all costs. At this rate Disney will own everything by 2040 and we'll be back to just one streaming service Meanwhile, Disney completed its long-in-the-works acquisition of 20th Century Fox, and the mainstream discussion was less about the harmful implications of having a single massive company dictating the creation and distribution of such a wide swath of global pop culture, and more about how the X-Men could be introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or which Fox characters could now be considered a Disney princess. They would instead prefer to go through one service, to pay one bill, to be secure in the knowledge that if their social circles start talking about some hot new series, it will be readily accessible to them without the need to juggle another subscription. Now 70% of streaming customers think there are too many options, people are telling NPR they're 'offended' about having to subscribe to so many services to get the shows they want, and USA Today is proclaiming the proliferation of services is 'ruining TV.' While an abundance of competition between video streaming services has helped spawn a new wave of prestige TV shows, you don't have to look very hard to find cord-cutters longing for the simpler days when streaming TV basically just meant Netflix. That's a pretty basic concept that usually goes unchallenged, but 2019 was not a usual year. When companies are engaged in vigorous competition, consumers benefit.

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