About a month ago, I found out that the paid version of Mizuu was pirated. How did I find out? Well, I googled, and to my great surprise it’s actually really not that hard to get.
Naturally, pirating and download software without permission is illegal and should be treated as such, but there is one thing I simply don’t understand: Why do these people make a pirate of themselves and do something illegal over a mobile application that costs roughly a dollar? I mean… A dollar. It’s not like it’s five, ten or twenty dollars. It’s ONE dollar. Apparently some people still think this is too much. Here’s my take on it:
- People don’t want to support any developers or care about legislation
- People are unsure of whether they’ll like it, so they get the full version to try it out - maybe some will purchase it to get updates
- People don’t have access to paid downloads on Market (could be due to low age or a location that is not yet supported by Google)