I think if these firms continue recreating the old miseries of cable TV, another golden age of piracy is inevitable.
Edit: Could the downvoters at least leave a comment with why they think my comment isn't adding to the discussion?
Copying DVDs onto your NAS or whatnot involves breaking their encryption. However poor said encryption is, breaking it runs afoul of the DMCA.
Every time I see a show with a 5 second scene of a brand new car driving on a street, or a shot of the front of the car with the main character(s) stepping in/out, all I think is this is an ad.
I feel like we have such a huge selection of high quality TV series these days that rival the quality of blockbuster movies, at least compared to say a decade ago when we were stuck with basically just network tv series.
Like we had HBO and their original series and they were quality. But now we have a bunch of new studios and services creating quality on par with that.
That's how I feel about it at least. AppleTV+ for example has been pumping out some real quality shows. So has Amazon and even Netflix from time to time.
You have to dig to find appealing stuff.
And all their anime and cartoons and 3d stuff are low budget although some of them have good idea, they are always clearly low budget.
I’m still paying way less than cable, or even when I bought physical media. Even at high incomes, password sharing is common.