I have to say that I get the impression that pirating content is increasingly getting harder to do. The good sites are all gone. The search engines are not of much help - they just show countless DMCA complaints. The torrent sites that remain are so infected with ads and malware - they're such a schlep to use - that it is quite discouraging. This is one part of the coin.
At the same time, more and more legitimate, reasonably priced streaming services are popping up, even in SA. It's a work in progress, sure, but it is happening. It is what we've been asking for all these years.
So yes, piracy will remain to some lesser extent. But I believe the golden era of movie/series/music piracy is over - most of us will be more than happy to to a rather low monthly fee for a great experience.
I've not personally made the switch to these services - my internet connection currently won't allow for this - but I'll be making the switch in a year or two. And this is fine, I'm happy to pay for content if it gets delivered in the format I choose, which for most of us wil be streaming media in the coming years.
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