Those people were never going to buy anyway. There (hopefully) are enough people who want good games and are sick of the freemium garbage, that they'll pay for

Those people were never going to buy anyway. There (hopefully) are enough people who want good games and are sick of the freemium garbage, that they'll pay for a game. I.e., 100k paid sales and 10M "unauthorized copies" is still enough for an indie dev to make a living.