Critical support for the Lemmy world peeps in their fight against pro-intellectual property nerds

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Most pirates doesn't use the product if pirated version isn't avaliable, they aren't a costumer, blocking piracy is actually a bad marketing decision, people can build hype even if they aren't paying. No significant revenue is actually lost for piracy
- people can build hype even if they aren’t paying
  
  Historical examples: Windows and Photoshop, especially in countries outside G7. XP was probably the most pirated version of Windows and I wouldn't be surprised if Photoshop was also the number 1 most pirated program during the mid-late 2000's

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