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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: bentway who wrote (377512)7/19/2018 3:09:56 PM
From: cosmicforce  Read Replies (1) of 542905
 
The problem with software is the unit pricing - companies get greedy. Generally, people hack something that they feel is overpriced. When was the last time that you xeroxed a novel? AutoCAD had a huge problem with piracy - they needed almost give it away for casual users (people who design for that home project or custom car part) and only charge corporate users. The rationale is that people will use what they are comfortable and have prior experience with. AutoCAD eventually got smart. When it comes time to go to work and suggest a product - people will use one they know. ProE was $20k to set up, and DesignCAD was $1000, with a free trial which limited you to 10 projects. The cheaper product was the better product and they figured most people using it casually wouldn't be looking to see how the limit was imposed.

In your case, the game was too expensive and your endorphins gave you ambition to hack them. If you just did it because you were ornery, a way to enforce this is to introduce reduced playability when too many files or copies are generated or sections of the code don't checksum properly. It almost works, and because they access the information in a number of indirect ways (offsets that use a calculated address that is dynamic, and the password is moved around in memory as you play - possibly in one of the inactive or boss characters!), you might be able to find this but you probably would not bother if it was priced right.
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