Even the companies agree with it if the alternative is not using their product at all. A young student uses pirated Photoshop at home instead of Paint.NET, and

Even the companies agree with it if the alternative is not using their product at all. A young student uses pirated Photoshop at home instead of Paint.NET, and many years later, if he becomes a graphic designer he will demand his employer to buy him a Photoshop licence. It's just another way of doing price segmentation, with a special segment of "price 0".