100% this. I started pirating when I cut cable in the late 00’s, and I stopped when you could find literally everything on Netflix for $7 a month. Then I started back up again when they started multiplying, raising their prices, and making content inaccessible. Like video game companies pivoting towards courting* whales rather than the majority of gamers, they know the solution to piracy, but they’d still rather charge less people more than build a system that mitigates piracy.
I dumped streaming services years ago when all the networks started to make their own services. I ditched cable for a reason.
100% this. I started pirating when I cut cable in the late 00’s, and I stopped when you could find literally everything on Netflix for $7 a month. Then I started back up again when they started multiplying, raising their prices, and making content inaccessible. Like video game companies pivoting towards courting* whales rather than the majority of gamers, they know the solution to piracy, but they’d still rather charge less people more than build a system that mitigates piracy.