Piracy affects sales when companies try to fight it with things that make their product awful. No way I'm buying a video game that requires a constant internet

Piracy affects sales when companies try to fight it with things that make their product awful. No way I'm buying a video game that requires a constant internet connection, even to play solo. No way I'm buying a movie, book or song that can only work on a specific device via a dumb app that I need to install.