I haven't pirated a game for a long time and the reason for this is simply Steam is usually more convenient now and so cheap that it just doesn't matter any more. The days of the pirate copy being superior to the legit copy due to restrictive DRM seem quite far away now.
My last memories of pirating games were the hassle of trying to get the game to work with a decent crack or having to put up with bugs until a crack for the patched version came out. Sometimes it worked, other times it was stressful trying to get it to work.
With Steam at least you don't have that hassle and it auto-patches/installs. Even mods are easier to install thanks to Steam workshop (at least for some games like Skyrim).
So basically, imo, its easier and more convenient to buy legit copies with services like Steam (gog.com is pretty good too) than pirate now.
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