The thing is it's not even necessarily cheaper or quicker but it is more convenient. Rather than a show being on one of half a dozen services you can have it all in one place, e.g. Plex, and you know it will always be there. Especially if you're starting a long running show that could be dropped from the service before you've finished.

Gabe Newell (co-founder of Valve) said it best:

> One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue ... The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.

~10 years ago Netflix was superior. With the shifting catalog and the pricing tiers for high-quality streaming, the value proposition is not as clear today.

And it's the second and third that actually leans me towards piracy this time, unlike my teen years.