They aren’t victimizing them, they are saying streaming companies are turning into them

Stream is still way better than old TV, specifically streaming from your local jellyfin or Plex server ;)

Fragmentation is certainly accelerating things. One company tries something like price hikes, ad tiers, password sharing prevention, bundling, etc and sees no consumer pushback, then they all do it.

I don't think the OP is victimizing cable. They are just saying that these companies swooped in with something better that was cheaper to disrupt the industry only to end up rebuilding said shitty industry. Different players, same game.