• HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Even when you pirate their stuff you are giving them things; market share, data, seo pumps, bug reports, data.

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      2 months ago

      You could try putting firewall rules and block it from ever connecting to the internet.

      • HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 months ago

        You’re still giving them market share and training yourself in their software. When you need to search up online how to do a gradient, you give views to tutorials for their products.