What stops indies from using illegal software to build their games?

Do you seriously think Autodesk pay a team to rip 3d model from every single game out there? Sounds like some fear mongering blender propaganda to draw more people to your software(not trying to be rude ).

Autodesk audit companies, they send representatives to inspect computers, I think they also do it at distance, with the user’s consent. As far as I know they never harassed individuals and hobbyists. The foundry threatens people, pirates and paid customers alike, and even them don’t rip models from games to detect pirates (that would be way too complicated anyway since the .fbx format is being converted to the engine’s format).