You get your first freelance gig. $50 for a logo. You open your pirated copy. You feel a twinge of anxiety. "If I get caught using a cracked version for a paying client, will they sue me?" You start looking at Affinity Photo. You don't buy it.
For every one pirate who uses the software for a million-dollar ad campaign, there are ten who use it to make bad memes, album art for their SoundCloud, or to photoshop their dog into the Oppenheimer poster. photo shop pirate