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I hope the op realizes that, by posting this on HN, he/she has just promoted the much cheaper copycat product to the very target market that alleged thief wants
by zupreme 14y ago
I hope the op realizes that, by posting this on HN, he/she has just promoted the much cheaper copycat product to the very target market that alleged thief wants to reach...
- jbigelow76 14y agoThroughout the history of journalism collateral damage has never been allowed to stand in the way of a good a story.
- tedunangst 14y agoThe opposite view is they are alerting potential customers to the counterfeit. If, somehow, you only knew about that version, it would be helpful to know you won't get support, but that a supported version is available.
- paulgb 14y agoI would bet that most of HN is ethical and aware enough to buy the original.
- iy56 14y agoI bet most of HN isn't good enough at Chinese, so they'd rather pay more for the original, because it's in English.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoAnd also to support the original developer and definitely receive good support and updates.
- michael_h 14y agoaccording to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428159 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428159 it is identical.
- criveros 14y agoMillennials believe it's ok to illegally download anything.