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>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
by 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?