Not to say that Steam doesn’t have some tremendous issues on this front (it does), but I truly wish more companies understood this. If you let me play / listen / watch your thing on whatever device I choose, for a reasonable one-time price, in perpetuity, I will pay that price.
Ten bucks for a Witcher season? Sure. A fiver for the latest season of Glup Shitto’s Starred War Adventure? Yeah, I’m in. I’m not gonna pay $180 a year to five different companies each to watch six or seven new maybe great but probably mid TV shows.
Same goes for games. I’m not paying $80 plus a $40 battle pass every year to play Call of Duty 2: 3: War Crimes Boogaloo, Part 5. I’m just gonna steal your shit. I will not feel bad about it in the slightest.
You quietly comply. Then take tougher security measures to protect yourself before continuing. Do not respond under any circumstances. If you’re served with actual legal papers, retain an attorney.
It may shock you to learn that countries exist outside of the US, and they have different laws. Notably, Germany (the place in question) has copyright enforcement with actual teeth.
Only the US and America Jr. will kill 20 percent of a population, establish a right wing military dictatorship in the south, and paint the democratic and progressive north as an evil regime worse than an absolute monarchy.