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Does software piracy exist?: Matthew Butterick
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I guess that’s an interesting way to look at it. It’s hard to quantify what losses due to piracy are. Like, earning 10K with no piracy is nice but getting 1 million with tens of millions in piracy would be better.
I’m not saying that it’s meaningless, it’s just that if piracy was gone for good, would the would-be pirates actually buy the content? When I do premium content, I’ll try to provide a way to get it for free as I understand the struggle. It won’t be easy, but it’s free.