> some of the people using this service would not or could not have paid for the official source If there is demand there would be local distributors who could

> some of the people using this service would not or could not have paid for the official source If there is demand there would be local distributors who could want a licensing deal and get a cut. There are a bunch of them often in almost every country. Now those distributors see that it would cost them X to license with you but they would make zilch because everybody pirates it anyway. Now calculate what you lost... Like if you post art but somebody rips it off and sells something based on it and makes a million. Assume his lawyer says 0% of his buyers would join your patreon. Maybe you don't even have a patreon. But imagine some legit company could suggest a 2 million deal to license your stuff for say toy manufacturing or branding or whatever (like mofu_sand). But they see your stuff pirated all over already and do the math. This is what you lose.