question: why pirate? Options

[*kryogenix*]

I'm studying Computer Science, so hopefully I can become a computer programmer. But, I'm a bit scared that I won't be able to eat.

Why?

Piracy.

I hear things about people pirating this, bragging about how they found cracks for photoshop, not fearing the legal issues and the works.

Piracy screws over the people making the product. When you download a copy of software in place of legitimately buying it, you are taking away profit of the company. Yes, I've heard the argument that "they make millions, it's ok if those greedy companies lose a few thousand dollars." You're right. Some companies don't need the extra money and should be punished for their greed *coughMicrosoftcough*, but not all companies are like this.

Why do this to Adobe? Photoshop is probably the most famous image editing program, but it's not the only one. People have told me that they pirate photoshop so that they can learn to design graphics without having to pay hundreds of dollars upfront. But you don't have to pirate software to learn how to design graphics. There are cheaper and even free alternatives to photoshop, but people still pirate.

So my question is why?

[KissMe2408]

You're asking why people pirate photoshop? lol, well....instead of paying 600$ dollars for the software, they can get it for free just by downloading it illegally. And sure, there are free programs out there to learn how to edit photographs, but they don't have the reputation as Photoshop does....and so they can be like, "yah i have ps" and they get the same program without having to pay 600 bucks for it. It's wrong sure, I mean i just bought my photoshop legally for 600, and then some guy was like, "why didn't you just download it for free?" yah i could of...but still.....it's just not the same.