How so? Isn’t it the same for the financial purposes?
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witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks agoWould it not then be better to buy a shady key to financially hurt the company?
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
patatahooligan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Many times these keys are obtained illegitimately and they end up being refunded. In other cases the key is bought from another region so the devs do get some money, but far less than they would from a regular purchase.
I’m not sure exactly how the illegitimate keys are obtained, though. Maybe in trying to not pay the publisher you end up rewarding someone who steals peoples’ credit cards or something.
barsoap@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
You mean cause a chargeback or something? You’d have to find a sufficiently shady seller, the key might get revoked, also you’re supporting another ilk of scumbags.