I’m just saying its cheaper to pay sometimes than to buy all the hardware, as I found out.

Maybe Plex/Emby/Jellyfin paid shares.

Many people will download everything that exists, and paying a small amount is cheaper than the hardware you’d need to get it all, assuming you invest the difference in a global index like Vanguards VT.

https://github.com/embyshares/embyshares.github.io/blob/main/index.md

I used to buy 8tb disks for 200$ a pop, and I stopped at 800$, with barely enough to fit a reasonable number of 1080p movies.

I use Yandex for finding pirated or otherwise censored content.

It could also be seen as rising standards of living, and aristocrats were optimizing their advantage before the standards rose for everyone due to cheap energy availability.

Saying people consume meat to mimic the rich is a little silly.