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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by lll-o-lll on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:49PM (#34374375)
“But above all, make sure not to confuse a "pirated copy" with a "lost sale". In 99% of cases, the Venn diagram of those has very little overlapping area.”

I’m seeing many comments saying this, but it’s simply not true for commercial/industrial software. Outside of the US, even in large swathes of Europe, it’s extremely common to lose significant revenue to piracy, and if you make it too hard to pirate they will pay.

Companies (the customers in this case) that are happy to exploit workers in sweatshops? Also completely happy to use your software without paying for it.

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Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the... by noyoudumbdolt on Friday January 13, 2023 @11:14PM (#34377331)
This pro-piracy nonsense is a point of faith for many nerds. They will twist themselves into pretzels to avoid the conclusion that piracy is costly and that enforcement of the law can be good.
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