Yeah, I'm sure like you some people would definitely snap up legit software at the right price. However, most of the "warez" crowd isn't in it to save money... most of the warez that people collect wouldn't be purchased in the first place. For someone like yourself who is looking for a specific product that you intend to use, it's a little bit different... I'm basically the same way. Got my student edition of Visual C++ 6 cheap (needed it for school), and I bought it because it was cheaper than usual. However, I'm not going to spend $600, or $200, or even $50 dollars on a product I don't "need" (like Photoshop).
I think you're right, pirates USE the excuse that its because software is too high priced that they don't buy it. However, I think even if software was relatively inexpensive, piracy would continue all the same. Lots of software pirates claim to do it because "they can", not because of money... it's just cool to have hundreds of gigabytes of software they would never use ANYWAY archived. Cost is a piss-poor excuse to steal something, and anyone who falls back on that is just terribly illogical.
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Now all I need is a vehicle!! And .. oh yeah .. money :(
That's a very clean job that guy did. Nice!
Yeah, I'm sure like you some people would definitely snap up legit software at the right price. However, most of the "warez" crowd isn't in it to save money ... most of the warez that people collect wouldn't be purchased in the first place. For someone like yourself who is looking for a specific product that you intend to use, it's a little bit different... I'm basically the same way. Got my student edition of Visual C++ 6 cheap (needed it for school), and I bought it because it was cheaper than usual. However, I'm not going to spend $600, or $200, or even $50 dollars on a product I don't "need" (like Photoshop).
I think you're right, pirates USE the excuse that its because software is too high priced that they don't buy it. However, I think even if software was relatively inexpensive, piracy would continue all the same. Lots of software pirates claim to do it because "they can", not because of money ... it's just cool to have hundreds of gigabytes of software they would never use ANYWAY archived. Cost is a piss-poor excuse to steal something, and anyone who falls back on that is just terribly illogical.