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I pirate movies because they split content into multiple streaming service with separate prices. And some of those are not available in my area.
I pay for music streaming because the service is easy, wherever you go, the content is almost the same, so you won't miss any content or if any it's minimal. It will just go down to what service preference you would like.
I pirated console games in the past before digital, because some of the games were not available in our area. Now it's easy to purchase so I wait for a sale and purchase.
I buy knockoff items if it's cheap and unimportant. I buy legit items if it's important and I need quality and after sales support.
Nearly exactly the same for me. TV and movie streaming services are so fragmented that it's ridiculous. So I pirate them at times. Mostly I don't even have a ton of interest in them at all though.
Thankfully music streaming services don't seem to have undergone fragmentation issues and I hope they never do. I pay for music streaming as well. The service is just so much better than TV and movie streaming garbage.