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84,000 pirate entertainment sites that make great money stealing/selling credentials/identities, stuffing ads onto your system/screen and costing regular visitors more than they can imagine. Stolen content providers reaped more than $30B this year from advertisers. Unfortunately, most of the stuff they steal for people to watch didn’t come from some extremely wealthy monolithic corporation. Instead, it came from individuals’ sweat, sacrifice and desire to share a video story with people everywhere. Because of the significant outflow of outstanding content and the confusing array of streaming options, people are becoming overwhelmed with the studio/streamer-rated viewing options. Depending upon the household, people have a smart TV with software access to streaming services, connected devices (Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV), cord stack (streaming + cable TV) and direct access to three – six streaming services. However, the rich array of services has also been a competing offering of exclusive content and original programming. A Verizon study mid-year found that 56 percent of the respondents were overwhelmed by the number of streaming services available. With a single portal to a broad range of content, pirates have enjoyed a windfall of traffic--and profits.