There are plenty cases where I have no problem with private companies and their products. But software is one situation where I just can't convince myself anymore to buy perpetual licenses for, when it's blackbox, and usually spyware. And they go the extra mile to handicap it for profit, when the MVP would be cheaper without it anyways.

The only things I think are worth paying for digitally are art, games (which I guess are art), and services. But I'm not paying a license for a text editor, for example. Running proprietary code feels... subpar and janky, I guess?