It can still affect other OSs, though not directly but by killing off open source projects

https://github.com/deniscerri/ytdlnis https://grayjay.app/ Both support cookies so you can download age restricted videos and playlist downloads

I would say religion being a big one telling people that its bad and the devil is tempting you which makes it forbidden and forbidden things are more alluring. Another is impulse control is really bad because of our over indulging mindset, take a look at our obesity rates as another good example, yes there are medical issues that can cause this but I doubt that it would account for this much.