YouTube currently lets you explore shows and movies from services like Paramount Plus, Max, and Crunchyroll as part of the Primetime Channels feature it rolled out in 2022. Similar to the setup on Amazon’s Prime Video, you can select and subscribe to these third-party services through YouTube, all while the platform gets a cut of the payment.

The reason you go onto YouTube may or may not have changed much since the mid-2000s. Most people open the app for their daily dose of creator-made