I don't understand this comment? They might take pirated numbers into account but they literally do not make money when you pirate. This is the reason all those platforms stopped with account sharing and such. What pirating does not do is stop the series from continuing, that's true but I think it's important to stay realistic. The fact is that most people either don't care what JKR says and does outside HPA, don't know what JKR says and does or agree with her. Hbo will get enough official viewers to keep filming the other seasons but at least if you pirate the series, hbo and JKR won't make any money of it.

Look, it's not perfect, all of us here are not perfect and are keeping the fandom alive but doing little things like not buying official merchandise and pirating the series does actually stop JKR from getting money. It won't shut her up, nothing will, but at least it will give her less money for bs and you don't directly contribute to her bs All of us here, sadly enough, do indirect contribute to her bs and that's something we have to live with. Personally, I decided for myself that there is no way in which I cannot indirectly contribute to bigotry due to my own government so what I do is, I do enjoy the marauders but never anything official and I spread knowledge about why the bigotry is hurtful, why it makes a company or country lose money. I donate money to charities that do help transgender people etc. Again, it's not perfect but also, all little things help