If you are able to steal SolidWorks, you should be able to steal Altium Designer too right?
The only things left on the list are a stolen win7/win10 and a hacked version of photoshop.
Why pay for one license if all the rest is illegal anyway.
Why not just steal the whole fucking computer?
Why not just run an extension cord out to the neighbor's house and steal his electricity? And maybe he left his WiFi router open and insecured, so you can steal his bandwidth too? Why not steal his cat?
There is one big difference. If you steal computer, electricity, cat, those physical things disappear where they originally were and no more available for original owner. Not the case with software. Other than company not receiving "potential" profits nobody lost anything. The person who stole the software, not likely to buy it for money anyway. More like just opt out to not using it at all.
So while pirating the software is not something to be endorsed, IMO comparing it with stealing goods is not right either.
At the same time most are completely fine with buying clone/counterfeit stuff (original manufacturer don't receive the profits) and even using it with original software
(clone Salae Logic, J-link, Pickit, name it). Or hacking oscilloscopes to obtain more functionality for less money (again manufacturer don't receive profit). Smells like double standards for me.