Software Piracy (actually any form of piracy) is an unethical thing to do. I chose Software Piracy 'cause I know exactly what it takes to develop a product (the all nighters you have 'cause of stupid bugs, the stress when your code isn't working, the time you use learning new technology to help with your project, above all the $$$ you spend on development of the product 😢)
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I'm not saying I'm a saint when it comes to this topic but I try by all means to avoid it. How do I do it? I choose the software I use based on this criteria;
Here are some of the softwares I use
OS : Ubuntu 1804 LTS
Image Processing and editing : Gimp and Inkscape
Office Suite : Libre Office
Text Editor: Sublime Text (Although it's commercial there is no limit on how long you can run the trial version)
And many others
