This is very far from truth unless you only listen freshs pop music. And even then it is easy to click a song only to receive "not available in your region".

What? I find plenty of jazz and classical music on youtube. yt-dlp -x is your friend.

I find it amusing that youtube can be the source of my "pirated" music and get away with it. But the piratebay guys got their lives smashed to pieces.

But that I guess, is our civilization today. One set of rules for politicians and corporations, and one set for the slaves.