Zardnaar
Legend
Why does it have to be either/or? Especially if you have a handy Roku or similar TV.
For example, I love the show Ray Donovan. If I'm patient, I can wait until an entire season is finished, or nearly, finished, and then sub Showtime for a month. I'm essentially paying $15 for 10 episodes of Ray Donovan, which I consider fairly good value. And then maybe if I throw in a couple movies, or if there's another series I like, it fleshes out quite nicely.
I used to do the same with Game of Thrones, although HBO had more programs I liked so would sub for longer.
You could do similar with Hulu, Starz, Netflix, etc - even have them on rotation, a month or two of each in a row. That keeps things a bit fresh. Starz has a solid selection, but if you pay a monthly rate and watch a lot of movies, it grows stale pretty quickly.
Yeah we have thought of that. Free trial pay for a month and binge the few shows you care about.
I think that's our plan for the Mandalorian if it gets decent reviews.
A few are not available here though. And the ones that are often lack stuff like no HBO stuff here on Amazon.