As I really like gaming as a fun solo and social pastime activity (amongst others), I generally do not condone piracy.
However, very generally put, when I am confronted with invasive or nonsensical DRM or 'installation activation' or other artificial limitations, I have little inhibitions to buy the game I want and then install it without the DRM components... yeah, that's PC only, sadly.
On consoles, I've wasted plenty of money on games that plain sucked - that could have been my fault for not researching beforehand.
The limitations of the Sony consumerist microcosm in particular are a massive escapist turn-off, though.
I do not own a Vita, I no longer own a PSP. But what is going on with the retro gaming offering on PS3/PSN/SEN is just really, really poor. About three quarters of our physically available, disc-based collection we can't play on our last 60GB retro-compatible PS3... because of regional lockout. Those that do work look really, really poor. PSX and PS2 emulators on PC are mind-blowingly shiny and... perfect, in direct comparison. That's sad.
Pretty much all the digital-only retro titles we bought all over the world (depending on locale at any given time) were huge disappointments, and we cannot get rid of them. They just sit in our accounts, annoying us. Not just because of the sloppy and half-hearted implementation/presentation, but - depending on locale and Playstation Store used - we've repeatedly felt cheated with a sort of sleight-of-hand scam. Never buy games in non-English speaking Playstation Stores and expect to get the original title you wanted. It's cool for a spontaneous group giggle the first time around, but it gets really old and sad and frustrating after that. Squashed graphics (no thoughts about proper 4:3->16:9 ratio handling), total lack of scanline emulation and localized versions of games you once loved are a quick path to a blackened heart and a wallet sewn shut.