I have a relative that refuses to give up cable. I have a Roku and piggyback every cable channel off their account.
That’s one big grey area IMHO but hey, it works.
If I were a movie fan I’d go with HBO Go and the Cinemax combo and Amazon. Amazon, from what I’ve seen, has the most appealing original programming to me. Man in the High Castle, Red Oaks, Mrs. Maisel, Sneaky Pete are all quality programs. They also get the majority of off HBO series 3+ years old. The exceptions being Game of Thrones and Westworld.
Netflix is the single most overrated programming service out there. If you have kids, it is indispensable. If you do not, it’s entirely forgettable. I find myself looking for a half hour at a time at Netflix and can find nothing on it.
Hulu, a new one for me thanks to a free Sprint promotion, is surprisingly underrated. On TV shows you have to watch 1 or 2 commercials in a break which is not bad. However they do not cut up movies with commercials but show 1-3 before the movie starts. To me that’s a more than fair deal at a $5.99 a month rate.
Hulu also has every South Park and Family Guy so again, a bargain for me.
The cable apps I find myself to be indispensable from a viewing standpoint are NBC Sports and FXX Now. Hockey, Premiere League and every Simpsons ever.
You can get NBA, NHL and MLB apps for every game. You cannot get an NCAA football or NFL app that does the same thing.
Football is the hardest thing to replicate programming without cable... period.
Every other show, program and sport can be had without a cable bill.
Grey area? Hardly.
Theft of cable services plain and simple. Keep doing it and they will catch you. Guaranteed.