Like many others here, I never stopped. It's not about money, but availability and overall experience. An experience that has stuck in my mind: as a poor East

Like many others here, I never stopped. It's not about money, but availability and overall experience. An experience that has stuck in my mind: as a poor Eastern European who pirated everything as a student, after emigrating to the West, earning "western money" and getting a visa card and all that, I thought: "now I'll buy legally, cool, I'll be an upstanding citizen". However, when I wanted to buy from itunes or whatever it was (10+ years ago), I was told "The content is not available in your location". Um, yes, it is available, for free, even: if you don't want my money, your loss! Since then, I have had enough similar experiences that my default is the seven seas. I have bought games on steam and gog, that was ok. Ebooks, however, are, even in 2023, mostly a drm-filled usability nightmare.