The only real issues that have "encouraged considerations of piracy" for me are the drive toward subscription for things that don't involve recurring costs to s

The only real issues that have "encouraged considerations of piracy" for me are the drive toward subscription for things that don't involve recurring costs to service me, and the generally abysmal quality of everything in the absence of a free trial/sample. Beyond that, piracy must be among the top 3 motivations for companies to senselessly subscription-ify everything, so engaging in it is at least participating in incentivizing that behavior.