[living_room_pc]

The article seems out of touch when it comes to the causation...

> The EUIPO speculates that financial pressures, like inflation, means that people have less money to spend on entertainment.

I cancelled Netflix because of the drop in quality of the content over the years. It just isn't worth it to keep it around for the few shows which are decent. I don't pirate, I have other hobbies, but I could imagine many people in the same circumstance would pirate content to catch a good show. This is doubly true of movie geeks that would subscribe to multiple streaming services at once to get their content.

This feels akin to Chrystia Freeland saying families should cut a $8 streaming subscription to balance their budgets... during a COL crisis where people are spending >$3000 a month for basics.

[verve_rat]

Yes, it is not that people can't afford these services (although some probably are in that boat) it is that people don't see the value in these services any more. The price has gone up and the quality has gone down. The content is not as good and the UI is increasingly user hostile.

No wonder people are going back to piracy, it's just better in every way.

[living_room_pc]

Yeah, as before piracy (audio/video) was never primarily a cost issue, but an access issue.

Another example, even if I rent a movie online, I can't often get it in my language's audio or subtitle because of my region.

It is funny that the industry can't seem to get that.