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If kdenlive was even in the same ballpark of usability as Premiere maybe, but so far it's not even in the same country.
I've always used FOSS wherever possible, even before I switched off Windows - mainly because I didn't like the risk pirated executables posed.
I could pirate games, but because I almost always play indie and can afford $15-$30 now and again, I choose to support the devs.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I always search for a foss alternative first when it comes to software games are a fairgame for piracy tho unless they are indie
FOSS all the way. I don't want to be dependent on proprietary software as much as possible.
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 by default. Proprietary if an absolute must
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 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
yes
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.
My Policy:
FOSS if there is something I like that does what I need in a way I can understand.
Paid software if its useful software that doesn't have a stupid high price.
Overprice software or software that thinks their software needs a subscription service? Raise the flag!
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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.
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.
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 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
Little bit of both personally
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.
If the Foss alternative dose everything I want use that
If not I pirate
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.