For pirating DRMed material? Probably because every major DRM scheme has been compromised, so it's easier to just grab the original stream. If you're talking a

For pirating DRMed material? Probably because every major DRM scheme has been compromised, so it's easier to just grab the original stream. If you're talking about in relation to the article, how would screen capture software let you skip ads? I could see it used for multiplexing, but playback on multiple devices would be tricky unless you ripped the content first.