There are fringe users who are compelled to purchase software by the difficulty of obtaining a cracked version. Especially for less popular software (which won'

There are fringe users who are compelled to purchase software by the difficulty of obtaining a cracked version. Especially for less popular software (which won't be cracked right away / at all) it's worth putting in a bit of effort to raise that bar. I realise some users won't pay regardless, but personally I was compelled to buy Finale and am strongly considering FL Studio due to cracks being difficult to track down during my youth. (Both software are much easier to pirate today, but that wasn't the case in high school, torrenting on dial up isn't pleasant when you share the line with your parents. Plus I can afford it now, and couldn't then.)