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Photoshop is one of the very few App's that likely was made as popular as it is today through piracy.
While of course it doesn't excuse it, I'm pretty sure Adobe has even stated this as fact. Another program that has benefited from piracy is 3D studio max and likely Maya and the other popular 3d software.
The reason, is gamers mainly building mods for popular games. Companies like Adobe know 13 year old kids aren't gonna have $600 to buy their software. 3D studio max is around $2k last I check and Maya was around 2k to 5k I think.
The deal is these gamer kids pirate these products and start learning them to work on game mods. Many of these kids go on to start a career or go to school to learn 3D/ Game design, web design and so on then later become professionals whom do use the products in the work place.
I think companies like Adobe turn a blind eye to these kind of users and look at it more as an investment in their future user/customer base. On the flip side, people pirating their products and using them to make money do hurt the companies. ( like a adult webmaster)
I can tell you I started out using Photoshop & 3D max in much the same manor. I started learning both to work on game mods then later took some classes in 3D and eventually became a customer. (however I switched to a different 3D platform over time)
While I never went on to do game design, I went into web work instead and I will admit I learned on pirated copies. While maybe it wasn't right, I can tell you I most likely would have never become a Adobe customer or started working with websites had I not learned on Pirated copies probably 8 or 10 years ago.
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