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I'd say that the piracy does cost developers something. Not every pirated copy is a lost sale, but there are some number of people who are capable of buying sof

by bena 8y ago

I'd say that the piracy does cost developers something. Not every pirated copy is a lost sale, but there are some number of people who are capable of buying software that instead choose to pirate it for any number of reasons and would buy it if piracy was not an option. I wouldn't say it's a high percentage, but it's not insignificant. I'd count that as a lost sale. But I do agree that this is a different situation. This is just a high profile application that has decided to forgo something completely optional.

mcphage 8y ago
> I'd count that as a lost sale. It's a lost sale, but that's still not a cost. It's just money they never got. If it had actually cost them, then I'd expect it would take away money they previously had, like I say lunch costs me $15 because after the transaction I'm down $15 (but up a lunch). At best, it's akin to opportunity cost.