There is some truth to this sentiment...except I would say that 'real people' pirate software because it tends to be the easier route for the geeks they went to

There is some truth to this sentiment...except I would say that 'real people' pirate software because it tends to be the easier route for the geeks they went to for advice. The amount of times I have been approached by my family for 'software that will do X'. I HATE having to tell them to go and spend a few hundred bucks for something that I know can screw them like this in the end. Sometimes it is better for the nerves, to just give them a pirated version or show them how to pirate.