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The Ad-Supported Streaming Tier Only Wins If You Value Your Time Under $2.81/Hour

We ran a $7.99 ad tier against a $15.49 ad-free tier at 4 min of ads per hour, 40 hours watched a month — at a $25/hour time value, the ad tier costs $59.17 more than it saves once the time is priced in.

We Rotated a 5-Service Streaming Stack and Cut It From $887 to $332 a Year

Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, and Apple TV+ running year-round cost $887.40/year. Setting realistic seasonal active-months for each one dropped that to $331.80 — a 62% cut, no cancellations of things we'd actually miss.

Netflix's $9.99 Extra-Member Fee: Sharing One Account Still Saves $108/Year Over Separate Plans — For Now

Netflix Premium at $24.99 plus two extra members at $9.99 each comes to $44.97/month. Three separate Standard plans at $17.99 each would run $53.97/month. Sharing wins by $9/month — but the margin has gotten thin.

A 5-6 Service Streaming Stack Now Runs $60-100/Month — Add Live TV and You're Back at Cable's Price

The original cord-cutting math worked exactly once, when Netflix alone cost $9. We checked what re-fragmentation across Disney+, HBO Max, and sports add-ons actually did to the household total.