Topic: Pirated Software: When and Why? (Read 183 times)

I don't use pirated software anymore i used to when used Windows. i rarely wanted to use it because pirated software has security reasons it may be that the person who moderated your software may have placed a secret file in it so that your information could be taken away. The office has licensed software for all tasks microsoft Office or Antivirus all licensed. I mainly use Ubuntu or SentOS at home i rely on open source or freeware for my own retail development.

In the scenario you mentioned there is a moral case for downloading the software and paying for it twice,I am sure many others have lost keys or invoices therefore have decided not to pay twice.

Buying pirated discs was the only way to obtain software during the 80ies in my country that had banned imports. Thankfully in the 90ies Linux came and by the 00ies it was an option to replace all. By the 10ies no software needing to be "pirated" was on my computer anymore, gone are the days of warez, serialz and crackz, all behind the dark ages of not knowing Free and Open Source software.

The only software i might be interested in purchasing is the occasional game, as long as there is a way to do so with bitcoin. Before Valve went idiotic removing bitcoin purchases in 2018, i managed to purchase a few games. Now you'd need to get some overpriced european giftcard which is too annoying to bother with. Of course most people from "nice" countries can just use paypal, its not like they don't have credit card companies anymore...

But doing it today? What for? Everything is but a pacman (or yay) command away, replace with whatever your distro uses for packages.

Last time a windows was present on my main computer, it was Windows XP 64 bits, that was nearly two decades ago. Why would i want to return to that nonsense ever again? If there is the occasional game that doesn't work, i play something else that does. How could people still deal with Windows after decades of malware goes beyond my comprehension. It is bad even with zero cost.

Once the chains are broken, you never look back.

I disagree, it is very easy to know which software is pirated and which is not because of the source where you download it from. Downloading from official websites means the software is not pirated but downloading from crack websites means it is. Anyway how can app stores list pirated software? In order to get pirated apps you will download it from elsewhere obviously.

I think WinRAR I think everyone understands why. Now that I have the funds, there is no problem in buying licensed software.

Nevertheless, I perfectly understand those who physically cannot afford to buy it and are forced to resort to piracy. The developer doesn't lose anything from this, because if a person does not have money to buy, then he will not buy the product in any case. At the same time, if this software was needed for work, then a person will be able to make money on it, and then thank the developers by purchasing a licensed version. So in this I see even positive for the developers, rather than negative.

In ancient times, even without the Internet, I bought pirated discs (wild times), but in the end, now all these games are now in my licensed Steam library, because they gave me a lot of positive emotions and brightened up the sad hours at that time.

Earlier this year when I transitioned from Intel to AMD (yey), my legit Windows key from Dreamspark became invalid. Called Microsoft support but they iterated that it exceeded the number of activations (over 300 which didn't make sense at all).

And with the cost of over 100 bucks for a Pro version, I eventually said f it and purchased one "online" for less than a buck.

Yes that Photoshop software is very expensive so many people must have download it without paying for it and as you said people not being able to afford it is probably the primary reason why people are downloading pirated software.

Years ago, I'm a person that's only depending on free and crack apps. I don't know the importance of paid and crack versions.

But as I grew, I've realized that it's not the right thing to do. And that's why every single game that I want to play, I'm buying it through gaming platforms (Steam, Uplay, or Epic games) to show my support to the developers and that's the correct action.

And it's not recommended anymore to download any pirated or cracked software because of possible containment of malware.

As I said years back, by that time I don't have much knowledge about the importance of privacy in the internet world and what are the real cause of these modded apks.

I can understand you and agree with you that pirating software is bad. I normally always buy the software, especially if it's a smaller developer studio that really needs the sales. If they are doing a good job with the software they deserve to earn money from it. The only time I download something if it's a rip off. If I already paid for something a few years acl but lost the key, or invoice in the meantime and don't have access anymore. I am reluctant to pay for the same things twice. Happened to me a few times with PC games.

Mine was that I didn't just like the idea of constantly buying apps (or buying atall) when I could easily find the alternatives with thesame or better feature for free.  Besides, it's not that easy to know what is pirated or not when downloading from all sort of websites and app stores.
Similar thing is applicable to certain types of copyrighted materials that the authors prevent others from getting for free.
What I may likely not stop from downloading, whether copyrighted or not is the Word of GOD. I just find it shocking that people will copyright things they copy from GOD's Words and make it impossible for others to watch, listen to or read. It's unbelievable.

A lot of people who cannot afford paid programs find ways to use them without paying, it is important to understand many are from underprivileged backgrounds or students with little access to money but on the flip side software developers have to recoup their investment as they spent huge on making those products.

The ones I've download was the PS suite, I downloaded it from a torrent site its not legal of course but its just that I have no funds to pay. I have no credit card either.  When a person can't afford, its the usual reason for downloading pirated ones.

Its such a huge file that it took more than 4 hours to download it. It was months I go couldn't remember the exact date but this was when I was interested to learn the lightining suite. The software demands huge amount of hardware resources so I end up not using it for it work very slow in my laptop. When PHtoshop suite is installed to an unintended computer hardware system requirement, it would just be a waste.

Years back I was using lot of paid version of android applications for free with the help of rooting my mobile so that I could make the modified apk with which can remove the in app purchase features but now I am not using anything pirated, just paying for the things which I need to use because I am making money these days.

What was the last software you downloaded with the intention of not paying for a full version either with a crack or keygen and why did you choose that particular version of that software rather than a similar one?

For me, I am teetotal I never ever used pirated software and never will