The golden age of "I don't bother pirating anything anymore" is rapidly coming to a close, and tech companies have killed it. Ever-worsening DRM, paying creator

The golden age of "I don't bother pirating anything anymore" is rapidly coming to a close, and tech companies have killed it. Ever-worsening DRM, paying creators amounts asymptotically approaching zero, nuking accounts with thousands of dollars invested into the ecosystem (because the algorithmic gods saw a pattern in clouds), balkanizing content until streaming services just become cable, increasing prices while decreasing quality of service, triple-dipping their customers (why just have them pay for your service when you can get them to pay for your service, serve them ads, and sell profiles of their browsing habits!).