when did we steer away from the conclusion that piracy isn't in competition with these services? people who pirate generally aren't going to buy anyways. even

when did we steer away from the conclusion that piracy isn't in competition with these services? people who pirate generally aren't going to buy anyways. even if you magically remove it one day, you lose yourself a bunch of free hype-advertisers and conversations with your title in it. there's always somehow people who think its a net negative on them, that there's a zero-sum game involved with their product, that end up on the board of some important company and want to get rid of a good thing that they have no real perspective on.