only the initial setup really requires that much time or effort. once you have a vpn, a bittorrent client and a repository you like it's just a few clicks of a button and a search or two away. it takes like 30 seconds for me to go from "i should pirate this" to "this thing is mine now", plus or minus a bit of download time

edit: ofc this is dependent upon having good internet, which is obviously a privilege not everyone has access to or can afford