It’s only ethical if you need the thing you’re pirating, which doesn’t apply to much. Pirate of you want, but look for ethics elsewhere.

Can someone please explain to me, a dumdum, why I should be blaming the engineers rather than the people pulling their strings?

It is, but it doesn’t justify your actions.

This is a pretty sorry justification. Just cut the shit and steak what you want, don’t blow smoke up our ass about segmentation.