Maybe lay off the eggnog or before reading HN so that you don't comment this poorly w/o reading the thread... They've bought it, the Dev. Got whatever pittance the publisher seems worthy, they just want an experience unadulterated by crappy launchers or corrupted by overzealous DRM.

I was reasonably certain that this thread was specifically speaking in regard to the latter case.

> It is costing a developer money — someone who downloads the pirated game would’ve otherwise bought it. Game devs make money on sales.

Source? No research ever managed to prove that.