Logically yes, downloading or a sharing a digital file is a “lost sale” - but as Aaron Swartz said - “lost sales” are also caused by Earthquakes, Libraries/DVD Rentals, Negative Yelp reviews, Market Competitors, and so on. Why just blame it on file sharing…

I don’t exactly recall when or where I heard/read this quote, but man it is dope

• “it should not be a concern when people pirate your content, it should be when people don’t even want to pirate your content”

I hope you noticed that the key phrase in your comment is “your content”

Good luck claiming any of the content on the streaming platforms as “your”

What’s that about only getting 720p though?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4GZUCwVRLs

For torrents, a VPN might be the best bet as others have pointed out. But for direct download, just DoH should be enough.

The legendary ones show a “BREACH” at the target systems, in Red Bold Times New Roman font size 150.