> Buy physical media and rip it.

Last time I tried to watch a dvd I rented it. I tried to watch it on a projector from my laptop. DRM prevented me. So I tried to watch in a standalone dvd player. It was region locked to a different region.

I’ve pirated ever since.

I subscribe to a fair few services but don’t watch stuff there. My *ars provide a better experience. It’s more expensive with the various services and hardware but it works.

My conscience is clear, I tried the ‘correct’ approach.

Not all TV shows get a physical media release. Even when they do, it's not uncommon for them to be lower quality than the streaming release. (For example, the streaming release of The Expanse was 4k HDR, but the Blu-Ray release is 1080p SDR.)

I expect this will only get worse in the future - physical media is an increasingly niche product.