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My utilities.
The uncertainty of the future of shows I actually enjoy means I don't bother paying for any of that crap (I'd probably consider Shudder though). I run an Emby server with a ton of storage. I'm not going to pay a company to actively crater the content I actually want to watch. I did grab a Nebula/Curiosity Stream year-long sub at Christmas because it was heavily discounted. They're likely to get more money from me, because it's primarily creator driven and more (I think) of the revenue goes to the people who deserve it.
Moreover, the bulk of the crap isn't worth spending money on anyway. If I wasn't getting it for free, I just wouldn't consume it at all. Hell, half the stuff I download just sits there until I "get around to it." That list only grows, never shrinks.