I know a few people who exclusively buy their media, but only for convenience. However these never got big into the PC gaming so never got hit with the bullshit of copy protection chewing up so many cycles that you can't run at full graphics despite being able to handle it. So you download a hack, allegedly violating the DMCA, and can play your game how you're supposed to be able to.

What happens next time you want to play a game? You download it because they made that the less hassle way.