People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint app where the fill tool created flashing swirly patterns? ...no?"
My dad was also a pirate, and I had a similar experience when I learned that you could buy VHS tapes with pictures of the lion king on them, rather than just "Lion King" in dad's handwriting.
I'll let you decide if he was a pirate.
If he's selling copies then maybe. But for personal consumption that's legal.
The term pirate is already expansive enough. I don't think we need to expand it into legal activities.
Though I'd like to propose that it's actually about exploring prohibited alternatives in spite of a failing authority, which is why the "of the caribbean" era pirates were democracy enthusiasts.
Anyways, you've found someone. Or at least someone who used to.
https://www.gog.com/en/game/defender_of_the_crown_the_legend...
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4208140/Defender_of_the_C...
Unless they are explicitly reminded (immediately ruining any sentiment other than indifference), they're more likely to find closure mistaking it for something else.
We just saw this play out over the last 20 years with meme pollution.
Anyone remember Kai's Power Goo? My school computer lab had it on all the Macs