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I'm totally with you, especially the nationality thing. So first thing I pay for is my VPN. Allows me to read/watch geoblocked content and makes torrenting safer. For that value, it's a dirt-cheap investment. One example: You can watch LTW with John Oliver on youtube a few hours after it aired on HBO if you're in a country where the show has no official license (czech republic works).
For me it's not even about the money ... if it was at least comfortable enough, I'd probably be paying. I'm lazy like that.
But it's not convinient or comfortable. So now my money goes into hardware and I'm hosting my own streaming service, with blackjack and hookers!
Still, financially it will take a while to break even. Around 70 years compared to mid-tier netflix sub (but that was before they raised prices so it's less now).