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Isn’t it a bit like the movies and music? Those who will steal will steal and those who will pay will pay anyway. There are great pirate movie websites where y
by mrtksn 4y ago
Isn’t it a bit like the movies and music? Those who will steal will steal and those who will pay will pay anyway.
There are great pirate movie websites where you can watch all the movies at about the same user experience or even better but Netflix etc are doing just fine.
Piracy isn’t what it used to be but I do enjoy these sites.
The real problem is the subscription fatigue and fragmentation. I won’t subscribe to all the services and Even if I have a subscription it’s easier for me to find the movies in one place.
However apps are different, you are expected to open different apps for different things anyway. In apps, the danger could be something like ChatGPT becoming the main UI and doing everything the user wants from there.
- bluesign 4y agoIt is same if you have big audience, it is very different if you are developing for a niche market.
- tonyedgecombe 4y ago>Those who will steal will steal and those who will pay will pay anyway. That's not been my experience. Every time a crack appeared for my software sales went down. Every time I strengthened the licensing software sales went up. This is for B2B software, god knows what it is like if you sell to consumers.
- shaky-carrousel 4y agoI lost the access to Rubymine and switched to vs code. If I can't have it free, I switch. I won't post for it, it's not worth it.
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- mrtksn 4y agoCould it be the case that B2B software is more susceptible to piracy induced revenue loss? I imagine B2B being completely utilitarian, thus "free" software would mean direct cost cuts. In B2C, generally, convenience is the king.
- tonyedgecombe 4y agoTalking to my peers I get the impression it's worse for consumer oriented software.
- mrtksn 4y agoWould you like to expand on that? It's always helpful to hear another perspective?