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I am from the UK and you are right to some extent, but I don't know many that pirate music (outside of bootleg recordings and unreleased mix CDs such as the gray album by danegrmouse because Spotify and Apple Music are affordable and have an extensive range of content so anyone that wants to listen to music often can afford a subscription. If movie or TV was collated in the same way, no one would be pirating either. Whether it's due to median wage or just an ethical stance, subscribing to satellite TV, netflix, Amazon prime, paramount plus, Disney plus, plus the range of TV channels for sport, is simply unrealistic financially and hard to support even if you can afford it. The fact companies go so hard after those that create easy ways to pirate TV broadcasts (such as the Premier League going after Fire Stick creators which is a debatable if it's a crime for many reasons.) shows they know this monopolising way is good for them financially but not remotely good for the consumer.


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