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Really you pay for convenience and legallity. Not everyone knows how to or feels comfortable pirating. With a service you know you aren't breaking any laws and you're not worried about quality, storage, captions, and sketchy files.
You're definitely paying for legality and safety, but when you have to search through five different streaming apps to find that the movie you're looking for can only be rented via yet another service, the convenience becomes debatable.
At least I know the streaming service videos will always be in English.
What friend, you're afraid to learn a little Russian?
I remember getting an early file of avengers endgame in Russia with English subtitles. Not my preferred way to watch.