I’ve had some success using a solder gun as above.

You load a spool on the back and it feeds it through to the tip when you pull the trigger. It’s one less thing to position in the helper grips others have suggested.

To be fair you don’t even need to resort to piracy to get a better service, I’ve been buying up used DVD/BR boxsets with the money I used to put into streaming. For less than half the cost I get a version I can keep rather than rent.

Same for CDs, with 6 months of Spotify payments I’ve managed to buy 90% of what I was listening to and even managed to get some nice deluxe versions with extras like DVD documentaries about the band, etc.

When collecting physical media again is a better, cheaper option than streaming you know the companies have really fucked up.