[thatcat]

Alternative take: those services have a smaller selection, use annoying algorithms to promote IP they own, and are generally worse that piracy, but people don't like being hassled by their ISP and initially they cost a similar amount to a VPN.

[Kim_Bruning]

Good old enshittification[1], because all good things must come to an end, sadly. I expect piracy figures are/will be going back up because of it.

Do you think these diverse streaming services would admit to what they're doing, or will they try to double down on enforcement again?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification