"Competing with piracy" is not a phrase that legitimizes it, it's one that acknowledges it (and the technological changes that surround it). Looking at it throu

"Competing with piracy" is not a phrase that legitimizes it, it's one that acknowledges it (and the technological changes that surround it). Looking at it through cynical eyes is not very constructive. I don't think I've ever heard it said before Gabe Newell either, and he stands to lose a lot from piracy and not much to gain pandering to entitled brats.