I don’t pirate music, I buy it from Bandcamp. Then I download the files to my storage server and sync it to my phone, or play it with MPD.

I wish I could do the same with movies and TV shows…

Oof, no. Super no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco#Controversies

I don’t think they were “surprised” by it. It seems like they thought it was a search result. Which is fair, IMO. If DDG didn’t want people to mistake that for a search result, then they shouldn’t put it in the spot where the search results go.

I still don’t think I understand the point you are trying to make.

I feel like I’m not really understanding the question, but here ya go: The people who are willing to pay for it.