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That’s a tough line to draw; it’s different for everyone. In the US, it used to go: Parents buy kids stuff Kids start buying their own, but can’t afford what they want to they bootleg Kids get decent-paying jobs that make the time needed to bootleg a bad equation. Kids become parents But the coming and going of cheap music, streaming music, cheap video, and expensive video has wrecked the market. I stopped pirating when purchasing music became cheap (apple music) I started again when catalogs weren’t what I wanted. And supported artists directly. I stopped video piracy when Netflix was cheap and good and started again when they sucked. If you can bring me long-form entertainment that I enjoy and own for less than a meal out, I’ll buy it. If you can bring me short-form entertainment that I can re-partake hundreds of times for less than a snack, I’ll buy it. If I can’t buy it, or it encroaches on my other comforts, that’s where the line is for me