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Patrick McKenzie @patio11
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Some years ago, my software got posted to a Chinese warez forum complete with hotlinked screenshots.

For unaccountable reasons my Nginx config soon started replacing those screenshots with freetaiwan.jpg

That fixed that.
This was when I was still selling license codes and, like all sellers of license codes, dealt with an enormous amount of piracy. I was quite put out about it; the constant feeling of being stolen from (and lectured to by thieves on how it's not stealing, technically) was tiring.
Then I started selling SaaS.

SaaS solves piracy so hard you can successfully sell it in China.
Gamers in particular ask "What is all this microtransactions and season pass and subscription bullshit? Why can't I just buy games anymore?" and the answer to that is "Y'all told publishers pretty unambiguously that you wanted them to sell games so that you could steal them."
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