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Streaming services are becoming less and less premium.
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Wenlei Ma

The promise of a streaming utopia is well dead

First it was reality TV nonsense, then wrestling, followed by video podcasts, and now TikTok influencers will invade your streaming platform. So much for its great promise.

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Streaming services are becoming less and less premium.
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The promise of a streaming utopia is well dead

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