To be fair you don’t even need to resort to piracy to get a better service, I’ve been buying up used DVD/BR boxsets with the money I used to put into streaming. For less than half the cost I get a version I can keep rather than rent.
Same for CDs, with 6 months of Spotify payments I’ve managed to buy 90% of what I was listening to and even managed to get some nice deluxe versions with extras like DVD documentaries about the band, etc.
When collecting physical media again is a better, cheaper option than streaming you know the companies have really fucked up.
To be fair you don’t even need to resort to piracy to get a better service, I’ve been buying up used DVD/BR boxsets with the money I used to put into streaming. For less than half the cost I get a version I can keep rather than rent.
Same for CDs, with 6 months of Spotify payments I’ve managed to buy 90% of what I was listening to and even managed to get some nice deluxe versions with extras like DVD documentaries about the band, etc.
When collecting physical media again is a better, cheaper option than streaming you know the companies have really fucked up.