[accidentalthief]

> buy then pirate

I used to do this.

I stopped because too much of a % of what I pay goes to various forms of overhead (distributors/apple/amazon/studio/production company/etc/etc) vs what is going to the actual creatives involved.

I take the money I would have spent instead on streaming services and donate it via patreon to a few creators I enjoy, mostly youtube channels.

Legally? I know I'm doing something completely illegal (but so is buy-then-pirate!)

Morally? I'll live. I don't think what I'm doing is wrong.

I still buy when I know (enough of) the money is going to the people who actually created the content and not some MBAs.