Your opinion that to you it’s a lateral move is yours to have. Stating that the alternatives are objectively just as bad is factually incorrect. Unless you want to do a lot of goal post shifting from your original complaint about paramount plus. .

Option A (your current solution) you download and learn to use an app, you pay money each month and have to watch, by your own account, a lot of ads to get the content you want. Some of your money goes to allies of Trump every month (up to you if that last part is a positive or negative). It’s legal, some people say it’s immoral.

Option B (pirating + casting to TV) you download and learn to use two apps, you download the content you want, pay once for an app if you feel like to supper the developers. You’re not giving money every month to Trump alies (up to you if that last part is a positive or negative). It’s mildly illegal and some people say it’s immoral.

Option C you don’t get to watch the content you want. No legal or morality issues but you miss out on stuff you were interested in.