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Love devs' attitude towards piracy, TruePianos v1.9.8 (audio VSTi plugin) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago by nivellian@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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This message showed when I entered the serial specifically made for pirates. Right now feeling nothing but respect for plugin devs. Next month Imma buy this plugin 100% fixed, need it or don't need it doesn't matter anymore lol.

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[–] yote_zip@pawb.social 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel piracy for demo purposes is fully justified if you buy it after you like it. People always say vote with your wallet but it's more like gambling with your wallet if you don't get to see and touch the product before you make the purchase. Giving proper demos should be more common with digital media.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

On a related note, I'm very glad I pirated Starfield.

[–] thanevim@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm thinking that I might buy it once we have creation kit access and mods that add story and flesh out the game a la Fusion City Rising and companion mods for Fallout 4

[–] 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

At that point I'd rather pirate the game and donate to mod developers who are putting endless hours of unpaid time into free mods.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Demos used to be a lot more common. It used to be the norm for most games. Now it's extraordinary.

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[–] nolight@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

There's a FOSS companion app for AirPods on Android and some features are "locked" until you press "Activate" and choose "I've spent all of my money on AirPods" as a payment method.

[–] Wutchilli@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago

To be honest, that would make me pay for the plugin.

[–] Zink@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

Unfathomably based

[–] IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I had a colleague who would buy legal versions of software and then shelve them while using pirated cracks because he hated the EULAs.

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

More devs should be this understanding of piracy. So should companies in general.

Asking nicely is a lot better than hitting. More flies with honey than with vinegar.

[–] juli@programming.dev 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you donate, dev doesn't have to pay taxes. If you buy, dev becomes more popular because one more sale.

Advice?

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

do both

[–] laxsill@infosec.pub 0 points 11 months ago

As an adult, I pay for winrar purely because it helped me so much for free as a kid (especially pirating other software).