Ah yes, the ol' blame the user.
> streaming services were free then dealing with all the different services would be a mild nuisance
Sure.
> IMHO people pirate primarily because of money
The biggest video games are all free.
> At the very least pay for most of your content.
Because of piracy, all the streaming services operate like free to play games. Disney+ gets $80/yr from payers. Not bad. Compare to Clash of Clans which is closer to $10-15/yr (per payer).
They're doing a good job. I am not 100% sure what the payers are paying for. Lack of technical knowledge to pirate? You're right, nobody who would know how to do this would pay.
Huh?
And outside Steam others like Fortnite, Candy Crush, Roblox, Club Penguin...
Many at the top here have a free-to-play model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-played_video_game...
> Sure.
I'd still find piracy tempting if streaming services were free just because streaming service UIs don't offer good parental controls. All I want is a goddamn allow-list. That's it.
I use a Roku. It has all the apps. Sometimes I forget what show is in which app. JustWatch is helpful. I can legally buy Rick and Morty season 6 from iTunes. I’m laying in bed and could buy it in about 15 seconds.
If there was no such thing as piracy and streaming services were free then dealing with all the different services would be a mild nuisance. IMHO people pirate primarily because of money. Everything else is just a weak attempt to morally justify something they know is wrong.
At the very least pay for most of your content. Don’t pirate everything just because that one anime from Japan you love is hard to legally pay for.