With 100 different streaming services asking for $15 / month for the one show/movie you watch per quarter, I can see a come back of video sharing and revival of video players.
Btw the state of video players today (bad support for hdr, Dolby vision, Dolby atmos etc) reminds me their state when divx and Dolby surround were firstly introduced. Lots of work needs to be done.
I don't think piracy needs to come back, it never died.
But I'm not expecting a significant revival of video players. Who wants to watch shows and movies on a computer nowadays? On most devices (TVs, set-top boxes, tablets, ... but also computers to a lesser extent) you're limited by the hardware codecs, a custom video player is typically not going to save you.
Or iOS. But that's a bit moot. For instance my LG TV doesn't support Dolby Vision files outside a few very specific encoding profiles, there's no software fix for that.
Btw the state of video players today (bad support for hdr, Dolby vision, Dolby atmos etc) reminds me their state when divx and Dolby surround were firstly introduced. Lots of work needs to be done.