Ok I agree you dont want your privacy violated. Fair enough (btw you just opened a can of worms now because i can take what you say and apply it on TCPA, but i wont go there).
You still broke the EULA. I am sure that somewhere in there it says that copying the software is in violation of such and such Law.
In your case, you didnt have any other choice because you wante that particular Software. So what you ended up doing? You broke the EULA.
And here lies the power of Open Source. You can Download the same Software but in different versions. Or if you know how, you can modify the code your self.
Is Gimp>Photoshop, or the other way around? I dont know because I never used those apps. But with closed source you dont have a choice. You take what they give you, no matter if you like it or not.
At the end, you go with OS or you Warez.
You might say, pff big deal, they wont go under because of one copy that I pirated, but then, since you are an advocate of Close Source, you create a Double standard for your self.
Are there OS apps that are bugy as shit. Of course. But
A) there are many other apps that do the same job as the apps that are closed source (and in many cases, they do a better job).
and
B) even if its bugy, the pace of development of OS is so rapid, that new and improved versions will come out in a heartbeat, simply because the code is open.
BTW i understand that GIMP offers many many many plugins to Download. But as I said, i never used graphic apps, so I do nt know which one is better.
