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| quote: | Originally posted by Subtle
I dont think that is the case.
If its uncrackable they make more money on sales of the program to improve it further, if it were cracked they would sell less and therefore have less money to spend on development anyways. |
You're making assumptions you can't prove, and that nobody against pirating has really proven. Anybody can quote sales numbers and download statistics, but nobody is really studying how crack software/pirated music is affecting sales. People download pirated software to use as trials, and some people download software because they are 15 years old and have no money. How could you count that particular download as a "loss" if the boy wasn't going to purchase it in the first place? Just because someone downloads something, it does not mean it was worthy of a purchase. That's one concept most people don't understand.
From a consumer standpoint, copy protection is a hassle and it's not benefiting me as a consumer. The code dedicated to copy protection is wasted harddrive space on my computer. In the grand scheme of things, it's not really a big deal, but I'd still rather not have to deal with it.
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| quote: | Originally posted by dj_alfi
change your avatar for fucks sake. |
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