[MichaelCollins]

The two scenarios I'm comparing (and finding not much difference between) are:

> You "buy" the game from Stadia, it's taken from you, so now you pirate the game.

> You "buy" the game from Steam, it's taken from you, so now you download the pirate's crack to the game.

In either case, the original developer received compensation so I don't think you should feel any moral obligations to anybody. Morally they're equivalent, the only real difference is whether you have the gamefiles already downloaded or not. In both cases you need to dip into the shadier side of the net to get the game you "bought" to run.

[gambiting]

Yeah I think I can agree with that. The two scenarios you posted are equal in my mind. I was thinking more about a scenario where you bought a game from steam, then used a pirate crack to play it, vs a scenario where you didn't buy a game, just pirated it. Those two aren't the same - obviously.