> pirated software is often more user-friendly. If you go back to the 1970s and certainly by the 1980s, this was true of pirated/cracked software for systems l

> pirated software is often more user-friendly. If you go back to the 1970s and certainly by the 1980s, this was true of pirated/cracked software for systems like the Apple ][ and Commodore 64. Specifically, by removing copy protection stuff (which often relied on specific aspects of floppy drive hardware) the cracking groups could fit multiple games on a single floppy, a great boon in an era when downloading software meant dialling up a BBS and transferring it over a 1200 baud line. So I suppose there's two lessons here: DRM hasn't worked for over 30 years of trying, and DRM crackers still know how to release a good product.