I'll usually risk viruses and malware from cracked versions of apps on torrent sites before I'll buy a piece of software. 
Gotten good at picking clean ones, lol. Only now breaking this habit.
This is how I feel about buying apps https://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps
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There's a few apps that I use where the previous versions have better functionality etc. What applications do you use to check for viruses etc?
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Honestly I can't say what's best in the antivirus market. AVG Antivirus has *seemed* to work well even at the free version level. What I've really developed through trial and error is a sense of what probably contains malware/a virus so as to avoid downloading in the first place.
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Wait till the kids want apps to play. $2.50 for the game with in app purchases.
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They should at least mail you a pretty case like old computer games
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The cost of an app is the investment in time to find it, evaluate it, and learn how to use it. Back in the day I got Linux for "free" from Red Hat's subscription service for the extra convenience. Meanwhile, MSoft was buy once, get updated for years proposition.
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Similarly, we balk at paying for content, while we pay and pay and pay with our time and attention. "It's worth a hour of my time to watch, but not a dollar to pay to watch"
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