Pirating a software still shows a company that there is interest in it. They will only know they are screwed when people stop buying and stop pirating

Note down every tool you use in windows and use alternativeto.net to find linux alternatives for them. Thats what I did, saved me what you are going through. Everytime I tried to switch usinf a sifferent method I just ended up using Windows to not deal with the “pain point” of switching

Or even just the navigation buttons being separate from the screen.