For instance, Google docs is the only (good) free doc editor app, but now that I can, I am trying out several normally paid apps.
Libre Office, which is free and open source, is wonderful and more than adequate in 99% of cases.
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The cost and lock-in of most software is not actually the money they charge for it. It's the time you take to learn it. So if you take time now to learn proprietary software, you're in fact tying yourself to that software.
It's like all the graphics design students pirating Photoshop, when they go out to work what skill set are they going to use most?
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What are some software that you have a need for?
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Office is obviously handy. Download a legitimate release and activate using this. Other than that, I only use pirated software on an airgapped computer.
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