Oh stahhhp. I've been on two cruises. They are fun if you want a low-effort vacation. It's like a beach resort but the resort moves around. I've only gone on Celebrity, but their wifi is a flat $20/day if you buy it on sale beforehand. They use Starlink and it worked fine for streaming and whatever else I threw at it. I bring a little travel router to share the subscription while we're in our room, and then we transfer the subscription to our phones if we leave the room.

I agree that buying a certain number of minutes of wifi is both archaic and annoying, however.