Yes, it drives me nuts when people do that.
First, No, multiple streaming services does not mean "we're basically back to cable"
Secondly, these people’s proposed solutions where we combine all streaming services into one service for their convenience is far more like the thing they’re decrying. You want to give content creation control and distribution all over to one entity… for “convenience”, but you rail against how multiple streaming services is too much like cable? Nonsense.
Plus, even if we did what they suggest and we combined all the streaming services into one, it’d have to cost like $75+ a month. There you go, creating cable again. They claim they want the convenience of having one service, but what they actually want is the unrealistic prospect of having all the content in the world for $15/mo, which is simply not economically viable.