The same is true for Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, and probably other countries in the region. Most people there find it stupid and a "sign of weakness" to pay for digital content. Not only media, but software as well.
I guess there's not a lot of paid content in Iraq too.
They should be glad the stupid westerners are paying. Content creators need to be paid to have an incentive to make new content, take that away and there is nothing for these leeches to steal.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1161382179/hbo-max-disappeari...
The whole streaming model is a sort of rental situation and I can just cancel and try another service.
Traditionally they do it so that women will have sex with them.
It's not like there was a shortage of new content 1000 years ago.