[red-iron-pine]

modern piracy is pretty easy and becomes cost effective fairly quickly once you start scaling.

but spotify is pretty good, doesn't require a lot of storage, and works on everything to include my phone and my linux desktop. my mom, my kid, and most people i know are able to use it, and "it just works". and spotify has few competitors.

tv and movie streaming, however, is fractured and miserable. there was a minute where a single netflix made it better, but for the month cost of 2 streaming services I could get sickbeard and NZDB and watch whatever i want. then there is the "what service is $show on?" game, which you don't have to worry about with streaming.

and then there is 'owning' -- if you keep your pirated content you have it. meanwhile netflix or hulu can lose the rights and you don't get to see that show again.