Damn, you caught me! Was hoping OP would also lose their main account for doing something so naive.

Anyway, to answer OP's question: I'd take the bolded part as also buying [stolen] Steam accounts too. Read the whole webpage, OP, and don't do it again.

My message to people who can't afford games - play other alternatives, watch others' playthroughs on Youtube, or sail the seas (as a last resort) until they're in a better spot in life to pay for them. Any of those things are infinitely more ethical than buying accounts that can be bought with stolen CCs. Plus, Valve logs IPs and geotracks, so they'll know if anything comes up.

What if they never reach "a better spot in their life"? Any good wisdom?

Obviously account trading is not an option because those accounts actually are not owned... not even a single bit of it. In usual, even the save files might be "on a cloud". Naturally, with something which is not owned, trading is a hard feat.

Not sure i agree. The legal use of money can be done with a equal or even worse lack of ethics than the illegal use. So, ethics and money is something that got a hard time to go along together, backed up by practical evidence.

Simply because, the decision of "whats legal" is usually either done by those who already got a big load of money or by a big mass who can produce a certain power by its sheer amount. It is rarely done by some ethical approach, but if so... usually the conditional "whats best for all of us", without any focus on individuals. So, if some people are sailing on a rubber boat and a big mass is on a yacht, together with Gabe... then almost no one cares the sinking rubber boat.

This + networking + job-hopping every 3-5 years - https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/how-to-get-ahead-at-work

As for your other concerns about legality, it was never part of the convo. Just don't trade gaming accounts to avoid penalties as per the user agreements agreed to. And don't agree to a legal agreement you failed to at least skim over and you won't get surprised Pikachu when things go sideways.

Sure. Work with what you got. No one NEEDS to play Baldur's Gate 3 or any other game. It's just a game. No one needs that to survive.
Also, there are countless free games out there. Some of them quite good. If you can't afford an AA game, don't buy it. Yes, it is that easy. Just spend the money you can afford to spend.

Of course there are lots of people stuck in poverty with hardly a way to earn enough money to live. But getting a computer game will be the least of their worries and if you have a computer that can run Baldur's Gate 3 and have free time to play it, you definitely don't fall into the 'fighting for survival' category. So again: just work with what you have. It may not be enough to get everything you want (it never is, even for billionaires), but it's enough for to get what you need. Just learn to distinguish between these two.

The thing someone needs in order to survive is different with every human. The generalization of what can be considered essential is wrong. To some humans, they would rather die because of hunger instead of being with lack of love, or lacking the things or beings they love. Some may as well rather die than living in a world that is not able to support each others simply because they consider their body secondary to other needs... while the majority is pretty much materialistic and related to their bodies and its survival.

Just as i said, not every human works this way... so a generalization of everyones "needs" may fail.

So, a "good job" is your solution. It may be valid for many of us, yet not for everyone. Some simply lack the capability due to many reasons... involving fatalism and determinism.

With that attitude, you've already failed before you even started.

Find a thing you're good at, monetize it, and keep improving your skillset to avoid complacency because nearly everyone is replaceable. I found solving problems to be my thing so now I get paid to be overworked doing 3-5 people's jobs answering technical questions all day.

There should be government or non-profit career counselors you can access to help you find your way. Also, adopt lifestyle changes and/or pick up therapy to see things better. Good luck.

So, you are not replaceable it seems?
Do you think this is a feat everyone can achieve?

I mean, when i see how many people struggle to find love or seems to become replaceable there... i doubt it is any different with a job.

I'm completely replaceable. I always know there's always 50+ job applicants out there that can take my job if I get complacent. So that's why you keep learning and improving consistently so you stay ahead 99%+ of the time.

I've seen dozens of people in my industry lose their competitive edge in the workplace simply based on their poor attitude, poor decisionmaking, and complacency. They're career killers and often they're the first to go in any layoffs because managers hate having people around that can threaten their own jobs. So that's why I suggest to you to drop this notion of pre-determinism and fatalism because it's a self-fulfilling destiny.

If you have to find counsel here, start a new thread and other career professionals can help give their own input to improve your current position.

Oh? Me?
I got no issues with money or anything linked to it.

My only concern is everything related to love.

I still am interested into those views and solutions related to any critical matters affecting almost anyone more or less.