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I used to pirate anything. Music, movies, softwares, games...
Since I have a developer job and a stable income, I don't really pirate much stuff anymore, only movies and series, but then the whole piracy thing is not even illegal here where I live.
Maybe softwares, too, if I can't find any free and/or open source alternative of it.
For games and music, I like to pay, if I can. If it's expensive, I wait to some sale.
And also, with pirated stuff, you always end up something doesn't work or missing or you just have to make compromises. Fuck that, I'm too old for that.
One aspect of pirating is appealing to me tho - preservation. Anything you can't go and just buy because of dead services or just time going by needs to be preserved. It applies for hardwares, too. Liberating closed hardware and software is a noble thing in my eyes, and it justifies piracy.