Exactly, either I watch it free or not at all. No way in hell I'm paying absurd pay per view prices. I just don't care enough about any content (outside of educational content) to pay that much.
Anti piracy groups argue that 1 download/stream = -1 sale which is patently false.
I doubt they really care, there's still a way (to my knowledge) to download audiobooks from audible to mp3. You have to dig a bit to find the option from what i remember. This just makes it easier and in chapterized .m4b goodness.
If anyone is into selfhosting things I recommend audiobookshelf if you want to self host and stream audiobooks. Such a cool project!