The ratings have been dwindling for soaps, well, almost everything on the networks. Days is the lowest-rated of the 4 remaining network soaps. Better they shift it to streaming than outright cancel it. This is probably a prelude to its cancelation, anyhow.
Those shows they replace the soaps with get much lower ratings, as evidenced when ABC axed two of three remaining soaps about a decade ago. They ended up canceling a cooking show that replaced one soap, moved GH up an hour and extended their execrable GMA into the afternoon.
Might as well start showing those Turkish soap operas like they do on the Spanish channel. Gotta admit the women on them are hot.
True about the ratings for soap replacements, but they can produce them on the cheap through their news division.