Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

PC games. Too much of a worry about malware for that nonsense.

I’m not sure how to describe it, so I’ll just give an example. There’s a completely free online game called corru.observer, where all music is available to listen to on soundcloud, where the only support the devs have is to support on patreon/kofi/i don’t remember, or to buy the music on bandcamp.

I love the game, i love the music, and so I supported the game by buying the music.

Anything not coming from a big publishing company.

If it wasn't for publishers changing content, removing content, or outright de-listing games, as well as always online requirements, I would never consider video game piracy, but these things are pushing me in that direction.

• On my mac, the little I pirate today is Microsoft office apps. Because fuck MS.
• Most of the games I buy either from steam on sale, or cheap keys from g2a & co. I rarely get new games. I have little time for gaming, and have a backlog of games that could last me a couple of lifetimes already.
• System utilities (firewall for instance) I buy
• I go FOSS when I can.
• Only thing I subscribed (and regret it, but the hassle to go rogue is just not worth it) is Adobe Lightroom Classic.
• Last but not least, I pirated the hell out of the Nintendo Switch OLED though. Because Fuck Nintendo.
• I've donated to indie devs for games I loved (whatever the platform, even if I ended up only playing them a bit).
• I pirate TV shows and movies.

I was going to say music, but I suppose ripping from YouTube is piracy, isn't it? And so is X-manager for Spotify, probably? Where's the line on ad blockers for YouTube/Free tube/NewPipe?

I also thought to say books, since I mostly read free web serials and Kindle Unlimited... But I can't afford $10-20 (local currency)/day for books, and at the pace I read that's what most pay-per-chapter web serials or non-KU books would cost me. And how do we feel about using library cards we're not entitled to?

Then I was going to say games, but, lol, emulation.

So... Everything is on the table for me, I suppose. I try to buy games legally, and authors get a lot of money from me from KU page reads ($2+ USD/day most days), but only if it's not too expensive or inconvenient for me.

open source

Pretty much no games, at this point. I've been buying up every game(worth owning, to me) on Steam sales, humble bundle, and other means. The last year or two, I've just been buying the new games I want at full price on steam, or waiting for sales if I don't want it that much. The only game I still refuse to buy is The Sims 4, for that one time every other year that I want to boot into a heavily modded Sims game to play Sims Orgy Simulator 6969™. But even the other dumb hentai waifu nonsense games, I just buy on Steam (half of which are my gf's, but she refuses to buy them on her own damn account), even though they are easily obtained at the usual locations.

PC games, just don’t feel like making arbitrary code execution a cakewalk for internet strangers

DRM-Free books.

PC Games.

Song and Books

Software and videogames. I use Linux and Free/Libre Software and any game I want is on steam or gog.

Windows antiviruses. It's not wise to use a cracked program that's supposed to protect you from malicious cracks/downloads...

Things infected with viruses.

Nothing. But i usually buy games made in my home country. Trying to move the industry along.

I don't "refuse" to pirate anything. If I buy something I see it basically as a donation, that I like what the creator does and want to support them. I tend to buy indie games for that reason; I wouldn't buy a AAA game because obviously they don't need the money. Oh, and I buy books if I know the author is actually a good writer, ie if I've read something by them before and I want to support their writing. Also seconding what people are saying about FOSS; I've donated a lot more to FOSS projects than I've paid for proprietary software.

I mostly pirate games that don't have free trials. I'll play them a bit and if I like em I'll just buy them legit and often buy them for friends so we can play together. I've bought like 3 copies of terraria and 2 of minecraft way back in the day in addition to a bunch of other smaller names. I also pirate AAA games because fuck em, they don't need my money.

Music and software/games. Both are convenient and relatively affordable to access. Software I will try to find non-subscription based or open source options if available.

Software and video games. I just haven't had a need, and I like supporting creators. Only reason I'd download books, music or movies is because I absolutely abhor subscription payments and would rather have access to those things permanently. At least with software you can just find a free alternative.