I cancelled Netflix, and soon will again, because of the minimal and only very slowly growing library.

I like the idea of legal streaming. But on the other side we have multiple "illegal" (legal to use actually) streaming sites in german that do not charge anything, work perfectly with a adblocker and have WAY bigger libraries than even Netflix US.

Could you name any? My girlfriend has been worried we won't be able to stream anything when we move to Germany.

As the article say, the primary reason is the Cost. The second reason would be Ads.

I cancelled my Spotify recently because I didn't use it enough and didn't feel the cost was justified. I wish they had an intermediary plan : Listen ad-free+High Quality X hours per month for $Y. If you reach the limit you can upgrade to the full premium plan for this month.

If my bill was around $3-$5 per month, I would still subscribe.

You can join/ create a family plan. $15 for up to 6 people.

I pay Hulu to not have ads and then we still get promos on kids channels.