AnonTechie writes:
"Echoing a question asked on programmers.stackexchange.com - How can software be protected from piracy ?
It just seems a little hard to believe that with all of our technological advances and the billions of dollars spent on engineering the most unbelievable and mind-blowing software, we still have no other means of protecting against piracy than a "serial number/activation key." I'm sure a ton of money, maybe even billions, went into creating Windows 7 or Office and even Snow Leopard, yet I can get it for free in less than 20 minutes. Same for all of Adobe's products, which are probably the easiest. Can there exist a fool-proof and hack-proof method of protecting your software against piracy? If not realistically, could it be theoretically possible? Or no matter what mechanisms these companies deploy, can hackers always find a way around it ?"
(Score: 1) by Cyberdyne on Sunday March 23 2014, @06:55AM
"Charge a fair price. It's really just that simple."
Not quite. It is also a matter of "available payment options" and issues with identity theft. i.e. I wouldn't buy anything with Paypal, no matter how cheap it was. I get stuff for free because it's quicker and more anonymous. Price rarely has anything to do with it.