[TheMode]

Why does it matter if people feel righteous? Just let them pirate, and if indeed not enough people follow what YouTube desires, let it shut down.

[RamRodification]

> let it shut down

It *is* effectively being shut down *for pirates* (if you can call them that, not sure). Those are the users who are complaining. It's a little weird that those users feel so justified in being angry about it.