The library uses a shitty app and DRM.

Nothing stopping you from recording your screen a la a 1980s VCR

Actually, HDMI has DRM built in, and many DRM-laden apps won't work unless the HDMI DRM is working. The Amazon app has been telling me recently that my connection to my TV doesn't have it, but it actually does. Then I'll hit "play" again and it'll work. (I think it was a bug in their app, because it stopped again.)

So recording it requires something that implements that HDMI DRM scheme, but still allows you to record.

The "analog hole" is still there. Point a camera at your TV and record it that way. Yes, the quality may be bad...

But that is not the same as a 1980s VCR, which is what the parent said.

Yes, I understand. The parent is still correct. You can buy splitters that strip HDCP.

Or you could screen capture.

Some people use torrents, others use the library, and some use both. Are you asking why some prefer a library to a torrent? For them, likely ease of access and greater access to content. Effectively torrents are an expansion of the library where sharing is easier than ever.

Are you suggesting a library is only moral because of the difficulty in using it? If so, what if someone were to suggest that current libraries have become easy enough to use that they have already crossed that line?