With price hikes becoming a norm for streaming services, subscribers are reconsidering the value of streaming apps and whether subscriptions are worth the cost. The new offer joins two other deals that Verizon already offers that bundle its wireless service with TV streaming. A Netflix-Max bundle through Verizon and a potential bundle with Apple TV+ and Paramount+ follow a trend that sees streaming apps partnering with other apps and other types of companies with subscription-based revenue to ultimately offer TV streaming at a lower monthly price.

Source: Streaming apps are trying to bundle their way out of customer disenchantment

This sounds like it will end up being worse than cable, but DVDs and Blu-Rays are likely to disappear completely in the next 10-15 years. This could be bad for consumers.

That said, they still make DVD copies of the new Star Trek shows on Paramount+ which are probably at your library.