Well there’s your problem. Those direct download sites will also impose things like daily download limits. Maybe you get 10Mbps for the first 10GB every 24 hr, and after 10GB you’re dropped to 100kbps. Something like that. Couple it with a VPN and you’re sharing that 10GB limit with total randos

Installing pirated games from sketchy sites is still dangerous

If it doesn’t use a BNC connector I don’t trust it