>That is because it is now the tech giants that are accused of exploiting pirated content on an industrial scale

Nah. Media just moved to services, and with that, the main media consumption turned from piracy to subscriptions / ad supported streams.

Lack of public interest is also reflected in the fact that there were not really any development on the piracy front technologically in the last 15 years - or am I behind the times? Between 2000 and 2010, there were a lot more new software, new tech, different ways developed to get files, than there were between 2010 and 2025.

Even with pirating content, I think illegal streaming sites take most of the traffic. There is also much more content than there ever was, making the culture diverse, fragmented, and one-time use only.

So, I think,

1. Services happened to piracy. It's not about collecting files now, but about using an online service to view.

2. At the same time, collecting turned into consuming.