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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
Gabe Newell (president of Valve Software) once said "The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting anti-piracy technology to work. It's by giving those people a service that's better than what they're receiving from the pirates."
Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/newell-sto...perior-service |
I was thinking of the same thing. More Gabe Newell on the topic:
“We think there is a fundamental misconception about piracy. Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate’s service is more valuable.”