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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in 2021? by quelsolaar on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:01PM (#25616487)
Thanks!

First of all I sell perpetual licenses. For everything else I rely entirely on the honor system. I wont spend my time chasing some student who pirates a copy. The real money comes from the larger companies and they are terrified of getting in legal trouble for breaking any kind of license agreement, so they have no reason to screw me over.

I worry a lot more about making things complicated for licensees then I do about them taking advantage of me.

Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in 2021? by electriclove on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:04PM (#25616510)
Love this! I wish more would share your take on this.
Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in 2021? by launderthis on Saturday January 02, 2021 @04:20PM (#25616642)
dude is obviously a fing genius and probably has calculated that its more worth his time playing in the stock market than tracking down legal cases.

glad to see a software guy use all the modern day tools to get out of the rat race. cheers

Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in 2021? by quelsolaar on Saturday January 02, 2021 @06:43PM (#25617796)
Thanks!

Its also much better for your health to focus on helping people who support you then, to worry about what a few bad apples might do without you ever noticing.