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by darkmighty 454 days ago
In my view cracking is great because it democratizes games for those who can't afford them. If you can afford it (and the game+company is good), then buy it. That's how you can kind of be for-cracking and for-commercial games at the same time.

Personally, it would be great if everything was free and everyone used good judgement to pay creators. But I admit maybe a large chunk would just pay nothing, including some wealthy people who could well just chip in. While enlightenment doesn't come...