Good point about the indie studios. I mostly play indie games, there’s rarely any AAA game that is worth the price.

Seems like the way to go, support services that stream independent media and stop supporting the enshittified ones.

Totally agree.
Broadcast TV shows where designed with advertising in mind because it was the only way to monetize it at the time (except for tax-funded of course).
When cable TV started, one of their selling points was that it didn’t have ads, at least on the “cable-native” channels.
But after a while, they started putting ads everywhere, and that of course lead to the shitty experience that made a lot of people “cut the wire” when streaming services started.

I’m wondering what’s the next thing that will replace streaming, and eventually repeat the cycle.

In a more “realistic” scenario, $17/h, 10 hours per day, no weekends or holidays, it would take you more than 16000 years.

If you worked at an hourly rate of $1000, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you’ll need to work for 114 years to earn a billion dollars.

The art of the deal: Remove your own leverage and then try to use it to negotiate.

Exactly. Also, public transport is a system. Even if the vehicle you are currently traveling in breaks down, there’s usually replacements and alternatives to get to the same destination.