I do agree that there's a technical level needed for pirating content, but its not a high level, I know people who can barely send emails but have learned to to

I do agree that there's a technical level needed for pirating content, but its not a high level, I know people who can barely send emails but have learned to torrent TV shows. Personally, I wasn't talking about thinks like command-line interfaces, and in fact I don't use any adblocker (I make my money buying adverts, don't want to be too hypocritical). For me the key "user experience" pirated content offers is a.) availability - there's no georestrictions, no waiting for content to arrive, etc. and b.) Getting "ownership" of the files - no worries about DRM screwing up, no being locked into specific software, etc. Sure there are areas in which pirating sucks, such as terrible adverts, misleading torrents, etc. It all comes down to balance. For me, I'll pay for content, but if I've paid for it I'll usually grab it illegally just to make its use easier. That may not make it legal, but at least ethical. For my parents, well my mother is reasonably tech-savvy (for a 60 year old, at least) and she prefers using stuff like Netflix, whereas my dad is completely un-tech savvy, yet has learned to torrent his favourite American TV shows so as not to have to wait for them to arrive in the UK.