You also need something to play the games on, a place to play them, electricity for the internet and device, etc., and none of them are free. But they’re also not exclusively used for playing a single game, unlike the single game you’re pirating instead of buying.
You also need an ISP, which isn’t free either.
If you have a non-sucking ISP, you don’t need a VPN. But a VPN is incredibly cheap, so just lump it in mentally with the cost of the internet service.
You also need something to play the games on, a place to play them, electricity for the internet and device, etc., and none of them are free. But they’re also not exclusively used for playing a single game, unlike the single game you’re pirating instead of buying.
Free Public Wifi.
enjoy downloading a 10GB game on 32Mbps…
Hotels. Tell the restaurant you left the thing with the wifi password in the room.