Thread: Is it okay for a student with limited financial resources to pirate software?
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geohsia is offline geohsia
2010-09-18 , 17:32
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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
The industry has managed to come up with customers who pay, partly with threats. This is perfectly fine -- it's how the legal system works. Many software companies make most of their money from businesses that purchase their software. This is primarily because businesses have money and can be sued for illegal use of software.
So the honest people pay and the dishonest benefit? Seems like an odd system.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I personally am not pirating any software at this time that I can think of. I have pirated software in the past, and many of my purchasing decisions have been made because I was familiar with products, having pirated them in the past. If I hadn't pirated them I would never have purchased them.
You have a trial period and Google to learn all you need to. 30 days is plenty.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
You seem to be under the impression that I am saying that no one should pay for software and that everything should be pirated. That is not the case -- not even close.
That's good.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I have purchased LOTS of software that I have subsequently found USELESS. You don't seem to be crying about that. I have NEVER HEARD of a software company taking a survey about people who have bought their software and got no value from it and have THEN CONTACTED THOSE PEOPLE, APOLOGIZED, AND REFUNDED THE MONEY THEY PAID.
You mean buyer's remorse? Yeah, software companies are reponsible for that. People don't buy cars / houses / tv / phones / clothes / toys and later have buyer's remorse. If you derive no value from it maybe you should have done more research. Yeah, I mean Google (its really useful in case you haven't tried it). If you didn't do the research before you spend your cash, who's fault is it really?

Try again.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
I think that hoodwinking people into buying something from you and delivering no value is immoral. Why don't I see any campaigns against that?
Hoodwinking. Hmm... In the year 2010, there's this think called marketing and sometimes companies use to get us to buy their stuff. We as consumers kinda need to wise up and look beyond the flashy signs and messages and see if what they're really selling is what we want or need. I'll give you a secret. Sssshhhhh there's this secret tool and starts with a "G" and can pretty much tell you all you need to know about a product before you buy it.

Originally Posted by geneven View Post
The reason is that people take it for granted -- software companies want your money for nothing, if they can get it, and customers want the software for free, if they can get it.
Yeah, all those software developers sitting in the company cubes are all just money bags. They surf the internet all day long, play stupid office cubicle games and then go home and cash in the big BUCKS. Man, where do I sign up???!!!! HOOK ME UP, BABY... HOOK ME UP!!!!!

You're right thought, customers want the software for free and if they have to they'll steal and they do.