This just isn’t correct for much commercial and industrial software. Your customers are companies and they will avoid paying if they can get away with it. At least outside of the the US. Large swathes of Europe? Totally fine. India? China? Paying when you don’t have to would make you a fool!
When you make piracy hard enough, they will pay.
As a youth I pirated everything I could get my hands on, I’m not saying the photoshop example is invalid. I’m saying that if you are making software that’s used in a commercial setting, then piracy is a genuine problem that must be addressed.
When you make piracy hard enough, they will pay.
As a youth I pirated everything I could get my hands on, I’m not saying the photoshop example is invalid. I’m saying that if you are making software that’s used in a commercial setting, then piracy is a genuine problem that must be addressed.