I think people have memory loss when they say they desire microtransactions. Every time in history its only resulting in higher costs to consumers. Remember when people were saying cable was a rip off at like $40/month for their package of 150 channels plus $20/month for a couple premium channels. Well now if you want those same channels/movies you've got to combine Netflix, Youtube Premium, Hulu, Disney Plus, Paramount, HBO etc. and you'd easily need to be paying double or triple, and still somehow there are countless shows that you don't have access to because hit shows just randomly pop up on random services. Pay per view is already a thing, it's ads typically earn networks more for now. If we aren't careful, the super bowl and every other sports game is going to run you $99.95 per screen and you won't have a monthly subscription option at all, while wanting to watch maybe 1 show per month that costs the same as a monthly subscription. Meanwhile new content is recycled into massive amounts of sequels, like movies are now, because there is no profit potential for new shows.