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I think it's important that it exists. Now I have a relatively stable career as an engineer (not in as wealthy a country as the US, but still pretty good), and can afford to support the developers that I want to. I always buy good games with Linux ports on Steam - to support native Linux ports and the development of Proton and the Steam Deck, etc.
However, when I was young we had hardly any money at all. And being able to pirate video games was a great relief. Learning to apply cracks, and ultimately crack simple things myself led me to to hacking free online multiplayer games like Wolfenstein: ET, Habbo Hotel, etc., never for personal gain but just for fun, and it was amazing to have communities like that (forums + IRC) where you could participate with no money at all, and no-one knew or cared about your background and so on. That ultimately led me to programming and my career.
So i think it's critically important that it's possible, so that young unprivileged people can have those communities, and it's a shame that technology is becoming ever more locked-down and abstracted away from the user.
Regarding communities, I think &TOTSE put it best: