I don't sympathize. But I don't damn them either.
I especially don't sympathize for those who feel they need to profess loud and proud and act like Robin Hood for pirating. No you're not. Limousine liberalism at its finest. Acting like their actions are going to topple the empire instead of being seen as an ant grabbing some tiny crumb off the kitchen floor.
You can't even claim some technical boasting. You downloaded a file off the internet based on the work someone else did to upload said file, on a website that did the work of hosting. La dee da. It's not the 90's anymore; I'm not going to praise someone for doing a basic internet function in 2023.