Some years ago, my software got posted to a Chinese warez forum complete with hotlinked screenshots. For unaccountable reasons my Nginx config soon started replacing those screenshots with freetaiwan.jpg That fixed that.https://twitter.com/WilliamYang120/status/1037130002729332736 …
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This was when I was still selling license codes and, like all sellers of license codes, dealt with an enormous amount of piracy. I was quite put out about it; the constant feeling of being stolen from (and lectured to by thieves on how it's not stealing, technically) was tiring.
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Then I started selling SaaS. SaaS solves piracy so hard you can successfully sell it in China.
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Gamers in particular ask "What is all this microtransactions and season pass and subscription bullshit? Why can't I just buy games anymore?" and the answer to that is "Y'all told publishers pretty unambiguously that you wanted them to sell games so that you could steal them."
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Replying to @patio11
I think it has more to do with app stores than that, there are automated gui tools that patch out the calls to payments apis (eg: luckypatcher). it's easier than software cracking was back in the day
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Fortnite skin revenue would disagree.
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