When I was a teenager, I was active in the warez scene, because I was broke but passionate about technology and art.
At some point, probably after Steam but before Spotify, there was a tipping point in the cost and ease of buying digital goods— and I stopped pirating software for literal, actual decades.
It’s rare to look back on your childhood and think, hey maybe she had a point actually. I have a feeling a lot of people are having similar thoughts right now.