True but also for a one of piracy exists just use a cracked copy of it and be done with it

Not practical in research. Doesn't solve the blackbox reproducibility problem. Also it makes the act of publishing a paper under your name practically a crime confession, as it's easy for companies to comb the literature to seek people publishing results obtained with software X without a license.

How do you run cracked/pirated copies of software? I stopped pirating software decades ago due to malware risks.

Download the installer itself in the official way. Run the keygen in a virtual machine.

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