I do those things. Also, I watch movies, which is obviously what the question addressed. I don’t think your answer added anything substantive or meaningful to the conversation at all, and was at best a condescending distractor.

I don't know, I think it's a good contrast to the sort of shrill voices that crop up on this topic. Like when people complain how expensive it is once they task themselves to subscribe to every streaming TV service, as if it wasn't self-inflicted or as if the point of life is to maximize TV consumption.

We take our culture of hyper-consumption for granted so much that people scoff when you suggest "well, why not consume less? What's the big deal?"

It's not like we need more posts of people vocalizing how begrudgingly they subscribe to Netflix in every Netflix thread. As if unsubscribing is never an option. It's a bit exhausting to scroll through.

Or watch YouTube and play videogames :D

(preferably indie ones, the "AAA" game industry is about as bad as hollywood)

my family loves watching movies.

The book publishing industry goes about their goals rather differently. Comparing the book industry and the movie industry makes as much sense as not buying wine because you're upset about the tobacco lobby (or saying that you can't criticize the tobacco industry if you're willing to buy wine).

They really don't, especially not anymore. For-profit book publishing has turned decidedly Hollywood. I've worked in both book publishing and in Hollywood, and people often forget that they are really one in the same now. CBS owns Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins is owned by News Corp, and Penguin Random House is owned by Bertelsmann, one of the world's largest media conglomerates.

How are they different? They both support long copywriters, support DRM of digital media, etc.

Two important ways: first, they're happy to publish physical, analog books, which the movie industry no longer does. That allows institutions like libraries and used-book stores to exist. Second, they've never put a rootkit in their DRM.

Realistically analog books are harder to copy and distribute than digital books. Some authors won’t publish to kindle for that reason. (https://www.quora.com/Why-isnt-Cracking-the-Coding-Interview...)

The movie industry also creates physical disks that you can trade but they have had copy protection since the analog era.

You could go to the library for a book.

You can go to the library for a DVD....

There are tons of good books that are in the public domain. Lots of self published good content. You could also listen to music which has tons of free sources like Jamendo. You could also create your own amusement by learning a skill or crafting.