> Imagine what it'd take for them to actually offer a service that can even begin to compare with what copyright infringement makes possible Netflix was kinda

> Imagine what it'd take for them to actually offer a service that can even begin to compare with what copyright infringement makes possible Netflix was kinda of that for a few years (2012-2015) before the rise of streaming services. Piracy was way down (P2P not indicative of the whole picture, but good enough), during that period. Then everyone decided to make their own platforms and started taking pieces of the pie from Netflix and here we are today, where you need at least 4-5 services to get access to half a dozen show you want to watch per year, as well as requiring a VPN service if you don't want to have less than 20% of the US library in a lot of countries.