Raise your hand if, like me, you think iPad apps like Netflix are far too blithe about letting users indulge their every movie-viewing whim, allowing access to videos whenever they damn-well please.

Netflix made a selection of its popular shows and movies available for free over the weekend. The freebies include hit sci-fi show Stranger Things, Boss Baby: Back in Business and several more.

Streaming services keep raising prices, and it doesn’t take long before Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus together cost as much as cable, and in many ways they already do. The good news? You don’t have ...