- According to a new report, video streaming piracy has seen a strong uptick recently.
- It is incredibly likely this is due to recent pricing increases for the major services.
- Income inequality is also associated with an increased consumption of pirated content.
Over the past two years, we’ve seen price increases for a lot of things, with video streaming services included. Netflix, Disney Plus, and Amazon Prime have all either increased standard pricing or, in the case of Amazon, introduced ads into standard tiers and charged more to remove them.
In related news, a new report from the EU (via 9to5Mac) shows that video streaming piracy is on the rise. It can’t possibly be a coincidence that these two things are happening at the same time.