Quote from PuddyGuys, if you disagree with a company's policy, boycott the product. If you want to make a statement, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Otherwise the signal you are sending is "more DRM plx".
Yup. You know all well and good that company decisions about Uplay, no game on Steam UK, etc. are all decisions above us devs (trust me, we don't like it any more than you do). If you don't agree with them, just don't play/buy. Super disrespectful pirating any of our work, whether we're from Ubi or not. I expect better from fellow devs.