I usually use FOSS when I can. Commercial software simply isn't necessary for most tasks, and you take the least amount of risk if you use the least amount of pirated software possible.
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I only really need Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat Pro for most of my needs. Other software is either FOSS or Free
MS Office and Windows are activated using MAS and m0nkrus (may he be blessed) provides my Adobe software.
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The problem is, Bitwig is not Free Software, and on top of it it costs quite a lot of money, and I left my soundcard in Sweden when I moved to Korea ^^.
I think I'll check out Ardour more thorowly. Now with Pipewire it should wor more hasslefree compared to when I had to switch between Jack and Pulse Audio manually all the time.
Ardour is close but not quite there yet IMO. Once a year or so I give it a try again but when Reaper works so well on Linux its hard to justify the switch.
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.
I use FOSS where I can. If I need a certain software for something I'll pirate, but only think I can think of that for is 2013 3DS Max for FFXIV animation modding. Beyond that FOSS is more than enough.
I mostly use FOSS, and occasionally I use proprietary if there’s no proper FOSS alternatives.
I much prefer using FOSS, but sometimes they’re not good enough compared to paid alternatives (AutoCAD vs FreeCAD; Tupi Tube vs. Adobe Animate).
I have not had to pirate software since I was a teenager. There are free/FOSS tools that do all of what I need well enough that I haven't needed to even consider non-free options. Documents I just use Google Docs/Sheets, video editing I use kdenlive, sound recording/editing I use audacity, screen recording and game capture I use OBS, photo/image editing I use GIMP, etc.
It's not that I am opposed to software piracy, I just have not had to do it. I would if I needed too but it just hasn't come up. For games I typically either buy them for a console or Steam and don't pirate them.
The only thing I really pirate with any regularity anymore is tv/movies/music, and most of that is just finding things to add to my jellyfin rather than anything that's new/current.
If I have a nice FOSS alternative that will fulfill my needs, then I will always prioritize FOSS. If not, then I pirate the proprietary option.
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
One thing I do for Games is buying used ones. I still have a PS4 and I am not playing much, so there's a ton of 2nd hand older AAA Games I haven't played yet, that are sold for a few bucks.
Usually FOSS unless I need to use a particular program that doesn't have a good FOSS alternative. My old Mac runs fine but doesn't have many FOSS alternatives that works with High Sierra, so I have to use cracked apps. Using Windows, Linux or Android it's all FOSS.