I wonder what "pirating" your own software to handle the "free trial"/free tier case would be like? Weird thought, uploading your own software in a particular g

I wonder what "pirating" your own software to handle the "free trial"/free tier case would be like? Weird thought, uploading your own software in a particular guise to BitTorrent or something, to allow for free usage but change the expectations of the user... That said, I distinctly remember a number of blog posts over the years where users using obviously pirated versions demanded support, so it seems impossible to avoid entirely haha