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I'm curious what you mean by this.
Netflix only went the way it did because they were liscensing shows and movies from other publishers/studios who could have, and finally did, take their shit back and start their own subscription service.
It's not just Netflix that sucks now; it's the whole of legit streaming video services becoming what cable was that got Netflix popular to begin with.
This is unlikely to happen with Steam, given that competitors are already trying to do what they can similarly and it has yet to actually do anything.
Yeah streaming has an assumption of an exclusivity deal whereas in gaming it's unpopular and financially not worthwhile (though subscriptions would rapidly change that).
If Netflix and HBO and everyone else all were equally able to buy content and no service was the primary sponsor of content you'd get services competing on price, quality, and selection rather than each of them aiming to always have something worth the subscription price coming out.