Although for some of us this is a well-known problem, it has appeared again with the release of DOOM: The Dark Ages so it's worth a quick PSA to remind people about Denuvo activation limits with Proton on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck.
Now that it's much harder to crack they'll sell more. So many thiefs out there with plenty of money to burn who choose not to because they can get away with it.
Are the thieves with plenty of money to burn in the room with you, right now? Can you point them out? Where did they hurt you? Was it actually EA or Ubisoft but you're scared to let us know? Was it Paradox's DLC scheme, or Total War? Are they the ones who really hurt you? It's ok. You're in a safe space. The AI generated loot skins can't hurt you, here.
I think it is mostly due to it being difficult to hack and those with the skill are well employed and don't want to risk legal action or spend the time to crack games.
The rumour going around, back then, was that Denuvo went under the table and paid crackers who had the ability to break their DRM to like -- Stop doing that. And that this was the reason EMPRESS (actually insane woman) was the only person left who could crack it.
Heads up, Steam has stopped refunding even broken games if it passes the two hour mark (even if it's from sitting there on your system process locked).
Any online purchase can be refunded within 7 days, no matter the reason. I don't even need a reason other than "didn't like it" or "actually I'd rather use the money to buy some chocolate"