>The EUIPO speculates that financial pressures, like inflation, means that people have less money to spend on entertainment. This can be seen in the way that fewer people are signing up for Netflix or Amazon Prime – and some are even cancelling their subscriptions altogether.
This does play a part, but I'd wager that a larger part of piracy becoming more attractive is these services becoming more expensive (I really doubt that in this case its inflation...), while they have less to offer. And that you now need accounts with multiple streaming services to watch all the popular shows. And then also a crack-down on account sharing started happening. It shouldn't come as a surprise that piracy is becoming popular again.
This does play a part, but I'd wager that a larger part of piracy becoming more attractive is these services becoming more expensive (I really doubt that in this case its inflation...), while they have less to offer. And that you now need accounts with multiple streaming services to watch all the popular shows. And then also a crack-down on account sharing started happening. It shouldn't come as a surprise that piracy is becoming popular again.