
SouthSIDE Glen
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Of course they can. The only reason they don't pay for it is becaise the theft is so easy to get away with.Toker41 said:People that wouldn't pay for it in the first place can not be considered in the "percentage of projected user base".
Look at it this way, you don't see these same people complaining that their hardware they own costs too much. No, instead they save up for what they can and do without what they can't, and make do just fine. It would be EXACTLY the same way with most software if it were just as hard to get away with the theft of software as it were with the theft of hardware.
So the idea that "these people wouldn't pay for it anyway" is bogus. They would if they had to. They are only taking advantage of the situation to steal something they would otherwise pay for if the stealing weren't so easy.
Which, BTW, is the EXACT reason why they are so against things like copy protection - it has NOTHING to do with the other red herring reasons they throw up. They just want to continue to get something for nothing.
And it's amazing how people who have never managed a company or owned a company or been responsible for anyone other than themselves think they know so much about business economics and responsibility. And before you get on my case, I have been there and done that several times over, as supervisor, manager, corporate owner, and head of household - and except for the household part, each of those others more than once.
When you guys finally grow up and understand that things have to be worked for in order for things to work, you'll look back on this thread and shake your head at how ridiculous you once were.
G.