[cdcox]

Also seems to ignore that social pressure keeps people from account hoping.

Personally, I'd be much more likely to a la carte services on a month by month basis if I didn't have the subtle social pressure that 'well I'm not using this but my friends X, Y, and Z all are'. Even lacking the pressure element it seems like a small 'gift' to my family and friends who are on it and that it's not 'going to waste'. There is even the element of watching tings your friends are watching that keeps you watching. If they eliminated that I'd probably never keep more than one active at a time and likely not even that. Also once I've dropped a service for nonuse I'm much less likely to go back.