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Just sign up for streaming services on the web instead.<\/h4>\n\n\n
Jared Newman<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>June 3, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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There are too many ways to pay for TV, and some are better than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roku, Amazon, and YouTube increasingly want you to sign up for streaming through their respective subscription marketplaces, rather than the streaming services’ own websites or mobile apps. The pitch is that they’ll consolidate more of your subscriptions in one place, so you’ll have fewer streaming menus and billing systems to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alluring as that may be, these third-party subscription marketplaces may cost you more and come with frustrating access restrictions. They also create more confusion around which company’s in charge of your subscriptions. When I’m signing up for streaming, I almost always avoid these marketplaces and just subscribe directly through the streamers’ websites instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streaming marketplaces explained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By “subscription marketplaces,” I’m referring to third-party platforms that sell access to multiple streaming catalogs in one place, including HBO Max, Paramount+, AMC+, and Starz. Some notable examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n