> That’s going to drive users not just to free alternatives like YouTube or TikTok, but back to piracy after a decade of inroads with U.S. consumers. Seriously

> That’s going to drive users not just to free alternatives like YouTube or TikTok, but back to piracy after a decade of inroads with U.S. consumers. Seriously this. I've avoided piracy for 10+ years now because the deal with these media companies was that I could buy affordable, easy-to-access media that I could consume on-demand. Since this was a better deal than browsing sketchy malware and ad-ridden sites or torrents and risking the wrath of my ISP, it was no problem to shell out a few bucks. Now dealing with that mess is objectively a better experience, where you can lose thousands of dollars of purchased digital media on some "fail upwards brunchlord's" whim.