We're looking at a future where you have to purchase access to content and delivery of that content piecewise. Prices will definitely increase largely for the same content and convenience. And at some point society's probably going to crack down on piracy as though it were a logical extension of hacking.
Society has been trying and failing to crack down on piracy since data could be transmitted.
I don't think it will ever be possible. Phones cameras are only getting better, how can you ever stop someone from recording something in the theater and passing it around in meatspace?
Good quality torrents might become harder to get, but piracy is going nowhere.
I'm not sure, I see there are a lot of people who would pick the file sharing side over copyright enforcement according to their moral compass. The piracy is theft argument does not really fly (like the adblocking is theft) despite suits can threaten people over it.
From the producers pov fencing off is inherently harmful to their garden's brand/reach/discoverability battling for consumer attention.
