Re:Ask HN: We found a cracked version of our software on the...
by atoav on Saturday January 14, 2023 @04:31AM
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> These people do not pay for software, and nothing you do will convince them to pay for it.
I have pirated person when I was a poor student where it literally was money for food vs buying some software. I buy all my (commercial) software now that I can easily afford it and support multiple open source projects with donations. And the software houses, Bands and filmers who have seen the most of my money have been precisely the ones whose work I liked before.
The creators who have not been assholes about it (or even had some kind of humor in their response) are well remembered.
Sure there might be people who pirate everything out of principle, but my guess is that the majority will only do it if they can't help it any better.
I have pirated person when I was a poor student where it literally was money for food vs buying some software. I buy all my (commercial) software now that I can easily afford it and support multiple open source projects with donations. And the software houses, Bands and filmers who have seen the most of my money have been precisely the ones whose work I liked before.
The creators who have not been assholes about it (or even had some kind of humor in their response) are well remembered.
Sure there might be people who pirate everything out of principle, but my guess is that the majority will only do it if they can't help it any better.