So it is probably well known that the LFS community is inflated with crackers. It's nothing new. But it has gotten worse. In the FB page "LFS Drifters 2013/D.A™-Drift Alliance™ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/289204681170218/), Piracy is very open and accepted. I do have corresponding screen shots to prove this. I, however, am against piracy due to it being a key factor in the s-update halt and it is generally killing everything. Let me break this down;
Said group mentioned above has 2600~ users. Easily 2100 are using cracked versions. $30.00 (s2 licence) x 2100 = $63,000.00. That $63,000.00 that could have already have funded the S3 update. and it's not all about funding either, when the devs notice piracy (and we all should know they do), how do they feel? Probably like beyond 70% of the user base just doesn't care about them. And yes, I can confidently say that 70% of LFS's activity is going on cracked servers. How do I know? No, I've never had a cracked LFS, but 2100 users out of 2600 using cracked in this one group? really?
I hope the developers take a peek in here and hopefully follow up on this page/individuals with law suits. At least make them enforce a no piracy rule. For the screen shots of the page:
http://imgur.com/a/hPdn3
Also screen shots of a piracy website that has open distribution of LFS S2 cracks. If anyone who can pursue legal action wants URL of the site, pm me. Not letting it go public for obvious reasons.
Said group mentioned above has 2600~ users. Easily 2100 are using cracked versions. $30.00 (s2 licence) x 2100 = $63,000.00. That $63,000.00 that could have already have funded the S3 update. and it's not all about funding either, when the devs notice piracy (and we all should know they do), how do they feel? Probably like beyond 70% of the user base just doesn't care about them. And yes, I can confidently say that 70% of LFS's activity is going on cracked servers. How do I know? No, I've never had a cracked LFS, but 2100 users out of 2600 using cracked in this one group? really?
I hope the developers take a peek in here and hopefully follow up on this page/individuals with law suits. At least make them enforce a no piracy rule. For the screen shots of the page:
http://imgur.com/a/hPdn3
Also screen shots of a piracy website that has open distribution of LFS S2 cracks. If anyone who can pursue legal action wants URL of the site, pm me. Not letting it go public for obvious reasons.