GenderNeutralBro, 1 year ago

I just see pirating software as supporting a company I hate instead of supporting an open source project I like

Yes!

Adobe owes a huge part of their success to piracy. It made it impossible for smaller companies to get a foothold back in the 90s because everyone just pirated Photoshop. It never would have become so entrenched (or grown so exploitative in licensing) if people had instead used cheaper/free alternatives.