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I have pirated games that I would have bought if I didn't know how to pirate it.
That, right there, counters everything you said. It is stealing because I'm not paying for something I would have payed.
Imagine getting in a concert without paying and saying "it isn't stealing because there's free space and the sound is shared". Is that how you live your life?
No, I'm so sorry, your low quality response doesn't disprove any of my points. You didn't even try because you know you can't.
In your case choosing to pirate = choosing not to buy. If you chose not to buy without pirating it would've been the same thing. You were never forced to buy anything, don't convince yourself otherwise.
Are you telling me how I think?
It's been some years since I pirated stuff, but I definetely did it because I had no money and I wanted to play the games ASAP. I could have saved to buy them, but I chose to be selfish and focus on instant gratification.
Most pirates just want free content, that's it. They want to save their money.
I'm not judging you for that, I've downloaded stuff because I couldn't afford also.
There are different type of pirates all doing the same thing for different reasons, which are all very valid.
The one thing to keep in mind is that piracy is by no means "stealing", not even close. When you pirate stuff you're not depriving the creator or other buying customers of their products because you're essentially just sharing/downloading a digital, replicable copy.
If anything it's copyright infringement, we should start calling it for what it actually is.