Be it software or music itself by others. Might seem trite but one of the reasons I attribute my rather good PC music laptop experience over the past 10 years is not using any pirate/suspect downloads. Then again we've seen similar backlash against people using adblockers, but most would sympathize with them instead for other reasons. What's interesting to me is that people don't question their own ethics before doing this, especially music producers like Kanye who don't like pirates. For pirating software you just search for it and it's usually easier to install, with some cracks even bypassing steps. To purchase the software you have to go through a bunch of screens, enter payment info, download, install, and then enter a serial number. I think this all comes down to effort and usability. Steve Aoki was also caught using the above software in a music video with Linkin Park, though he proved that he had bought the software but his assistants installed a pirated version on his road laptop. I used a pirated copy of sylenth on my last 4 albums.
