Foss pretty much exclusively, but how easily possible this is really depends on what you do.
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FOSS if I can find a good Windows alternative to what I need.
Warez if I can find a trustworthy release, but it's kinda rare these days.
For tools and stuff: FOSS
For games: No need to pirate thanks to Epic overloading me with free stuff. If I want something specific, keyforsteam usually does the trick for a very reasonable amount of money.
Both of these categories are just not worth it to risk a potential infection due to malware in the pirated stuff.
The only places where I do do some pirating are:
- TV shows/movies if they aren't on the two streaming services that I pay for
- Games for the hacked retro consoles that I own
- Android apps that I can hack myself
These categories are pretty safe
I only use FLOSS software. It's just a better thing being able to see the source code.
And you can help if your a developer and improve it.
Yep!
i have slowly bought games i started playing 20+ years ago on steam for a few dollars each on sale. i largely use FOSS i still pirate windows i don't play AAA games the new games i play are largely free/crossplay/splitscreen
Both actually, there are certain softwares like photoshop, ms office suite,idm etc. that I pirate. I try to use foss for almost everything else.
usually use FOSS, it has been long since I pirated software
FOSS all the way. I don't want to be dependent on proprietary software as much as possible.
FOSS by default. Proprietary if an absolute must
Mostly FOSS these days. There's just so many options now. There's a few things I have from the old days as I've updated from Windows 7 through 10 over the years.
I don't trust any proprietary software. I don't like putting a lot of work into something only to have the rug pulled out from under me by an arbitrary change from the dev. Open source means I can always keep using the software, even if it means I have to push code myself.
FOSS. Not everywhere though. I still use windows and still use SwiftKey. I'm just not adept enough for Linux. I tried it. SwiftKey will be switched eventually.
If your up for? FOSS challenge, try thumb-key.
If kdenlive was even in the same ballpark of usability as Premiere maybe, but so far it's not even in the same country.
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Most of the time FOSS, but things like After Effects that already has a huge community or plugins or things that make it super easy to use, then I just pirate it.
Yes, I know there are alternatives, but most of the time the curve to learn how to achieve the same thing is much more steep or it lacks the free plugins/presets that make it simple for a normal home user that might use it every now and then to create a shitpost or something.
I always search for a foss alternative first when it comes to software games are a fairgame for piracy tho unless they are indie
When I was a student I had almost everything pirated, because of the lack of money and unreasonable pricing. Back then it was easy because in most cases I knew someone who knew someone who already had pirated the program.
Meanwhile I switched for alternatives (for instance I used to have Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, now I have purchased Affinity Photo and Designer) as the trend leads into the direction of subscribed software (software-as-a-service). I prefer software to be installed locally and not dependent of a stable internet connection. Also, I have no problem with paying for proprietary software, given it is priced reasonably.
The last software I aquired unconventionally was photoshop. Then came windows 10 and my migration to linux, so that was the end of adobe on my systems.
I mostly pirate games and when I play 10 - 20 hours and like the game, I buy them. Exceptions are when it's EA, because fuck EA and their greedy bullshit. I'd rather burn €10,- than to give it to EA
yes
Always FLOSS I even stopped my hobby of producing music because Ardour was just not good enough for that.
That's a bit extreme though. I hate proprietary BS, but am able to admit that sometimes the right tool for the job is proprietary. Fucking hate licensing, I needed to save my friends' asses in their CAD classes a bunch of times because the softwares' proprietary DRM BS decided that their legit license was old, and replaced their software with last years' version, so none of their homework could be opened.
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Used to pirate apps all the time but I started getting into Linux and learn more about privacy. Now i just look for foss alternatives and have stopped pirating apps altogether.
Other than Windows I guess everything I use is Foss with only few free stuff (like visual studio). And it's a lot. Many different Software.
I used to pirate everything. But, I have never used/installed any commercial software since I jumped onto the FOSS bandwagon since at least 2010. I love the freedom! I even support the developers when I can.
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If there's a free software alternative to what I want to pirate, I always use that instead. Software is like sex. It's better when it's free.