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Disappointed to see so many people picking and choosing what is and isn't acceptable to pirate.
We don't know the OP circumstance and it's a big assumption that he can just pay and it not be an issue in some way.
Average people deserve to get paid but we aren't talking about scamming some custom content out of them, they already made the material in question and it's a sunk cost, selling copies is as much rent seeking behaviour as when it's done by big companies.
Also, let's not use emotive incorrect language like "stealing" as it's not, it's copyright infringement, no one is stealing anything.
Of course there are things that are unacceptable to pirate, one thing being sex workers' content. Their survival very much depends on whether someone pays for their work. As others have said, there is plenty of free content on the internet. If OP is so desperate for a wank (which no one owes them, btw), then they can visit the content that doesn't cost a thing.
We should always show solidarity towards the weakest and poorest of us. Most people who do sex work don't do it out of joy but necessity. Fucking pay them.