Recommending is so hard 2

In my last post, I mentioned I'm currently hooked on MoreShort's exclusive series, the Gangster Contract series. Yesterday, a gaming friend replied, saying she watched pirated videos on YouTube. She said she watched short dramas to avoid ads. I was stunned! Piracy is killing legitimate content, and I'm partly to blame? I won't deny I've also read pirated manga. I bought legitimate copies before, but they were too expensive! The reading passes weren't universal for all works; you had to buy them for each series. So, the so-called discounts were useless because the works had few chapters, and then the platform shut down! ＞_＜ So, I watch pirated versions first, and only buy the legitimate copy if I really like it. At least legitimate copies offer guarantees. If the license expires later, it doesn't affect customers who have already purchased, and if the website closes, it doesn't affect reading the works. MS is so aggressive in cracking down on Bilibili, why did they miss YouTube? T_T I found the pirated videos and sent them to customer service. They better do something about it! Damn things.