I've thought about pirating it too. Seeing as I bought the game years ago, but I lost my email account associated with the 3rd party login, thus not allowing me to play the game.
I never really played it. I started to, but then life happened lol. But I thought I'd go back and play it.. nope, can't remember my password and can't recover my email.
Ha! Reminds me of a job I worked at years ago. Corporate saw it fitting to change all the thermostats for the air conditioning to be controlled remotely by them.. in a different state, with different weather..
In the winter it would stay cold and they would never turn the heat to an appropriate temp.
I took a hook and installed it above the thermostat. In the mornings I would fill a plastic bag with ice and hang it on the hook.
Too cold? Move the bag closer to the thermostat. Too hot? Move the bag further away.
I have had luck on the internet searching "Rough Service" light bulbs. It's the only way I know how to still get incandescents. I bought a ton when I found the listing on Amazon. I wish LEDs would have more quality standards.
Ah, thats a shame. Pdanet also has an app called foxfi, which can active unlimited hotspot on some phones/carriers, so uou wouldn't need the client app.
Theres a free trial, give it a try if you haven't already
I have been bypassing this with Pdanet app for over 10 years. I don't think the app gets regular updates anymore, but it has worked for me on many different phones, and windows versions. Also different carriers.
Doesn't have to be usb either, I use the wifi direct setting it has and have used 100gb in a month. With minimal or no slowdown.
I still use it almost daily, as fiber or any other form of internet isn't available in my area besides satellite (not talking about starlink). I also play online games usually 80 latency, which sucks, but better than nothing.
I have mine for mainly facebook marketplace. I wish craigslist didn't die, but there's no other good alternatives for local buying used items.