Opinion: Streaming apps suddenly face the coronavirus test

In theory, streaming is a more affordable alternative to cable. The problem, as ever, is that everyone's favorite content is being spread out behind different paywalls, and that won’t be much help for families feeling financial strain. — AFP Relaxnews

A few weeks ago, there was entirely too much TV content for Americans to watch and not enough hours in the day. How quickly it will start to feel as though just the opposite is true.

What’s on TV is a relatively minor concern in the grand scheme of things: The novel coronavirus is now present in every US state, and more than 300 people in the country are known to have died as a result of Covid-19. At this rate, hospitals worry they’ll run out of space and life-saving equipment, and so Americans are being advised to hunker down to slow the spread.