We can test this. Piracy used to exist and streaming services were cheap and good. Then piracy didn't exist because of that, and streaming services got expensive and worse. Now piracy exists again.
Now everything is split between services and prices constantly go up, you have to pay extra for viewing without ads etc. I see more and more people going back.
freedom todo format shift, copy, share, preserve, and largely a freedom from surveillance.
noone should be able to see what media u are viewing without ur explicit permission.
everytime u stream or buy, records of ur activity are created, and profiles are shared with brokers.
piracy done right, elimates all capitalism, but especially surveillance capitalism, and top down control over users of media
Unfortunately this applies even if you pirate. Your own TV you bought with your own money spies on you these days through automatic content recognition.