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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by jarym on Thursday August 20, 2020 @10:29PM (#24231371)
Piracy exists to keep corporations honest.
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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by Shared404 on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:12AM (#24231889)
While that's a tempting view, in the case of Adobe piracy exists to drive adoption.

Most of the time, piracy is used because it's just more convenient then properly paying [0]. Those who still pirate, despite there existing a more convenient option to pay usually can't afford it, and will pay when they can.

In the meantime, the name of your program becomes a verb and an industry standard, and everyone has to deal with it.

[0] https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/25/gabe-says-piracy-isn...

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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by GoblinSlayer on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:10AM (#24234571)
Payments in fiat are very user-hostile though, and very few vendors can afford cryptocurrency.
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Re:Lightroom app update wipes users' photos and presets, Ado... by Shared404 on Friday August 21, 2020 @04:26PM (#24238548)
> Payments in fiat are very user-hostile though

Not for Joe McConsumer, at least from a usability/convenience perspective.

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