I'm Brazilian. Software piracy here is rampant, so much so that some people will mock you for purchasing software or games.

I can tell you for sure that phone-home or other such security measures only annoy legit users - piracy users apply a crack and go, never bothered by it again. So... I'm partial with doing away with the phone-home too.

But it's their software, I guess. I can't imagine their reasons.

(Also: yes, I also know a bunch of people who started out with pirated stuff then migrated to legit forever. Sometimes it's a matter of learning better and trying not to break laws, other times it's a matter of appreciating the work put into creating the software/games. Other times, when it's a smaller company, it's about helping them not go broke because the person wants them to keep updating/creating things.)

Honestly the only case of success I've seen against piracy is Steam and Netflix: they've made the pay worth the less trouble. It's cheap, you do everything in the comfort of your home, you get practicity, and good costumer service, instead of going to sketchy sites where you can download viruses, trying to find the latest version, trying to find a crack that works, trying to find (in case of movies) the actual movie and not a porn knock-off (... happened to someone I know and it was hilarious)... The practicity beats the not having to pay. I think that's the only way of fighting piracy, in all honesty.

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