Counterpoint:

I wrote a book. Sold maybe 10 copies. If someone “pirated” my book, they are depriving me of the $2 or whatever Kindle Direct pays.

Admittedly not a significant amount, but it does fulfill the definition, imho.

I used Liftoff for quite a while. It just stopped working one day about 3-ish weeks ago. Couldn’t ever get it to work again. I might be an outlier, but if others had the same experience it may explain it.

Gotcha. I read it as “Open Source”. I’m deep in industrial automation and it’s rare to find a kindred spirit.

Automation framework? Industrial automation or something else?

Also, the Commodore 1541 floppy drive had a serial transfer rate of 2 bytes per second. Nothing loaded quickly in the 80’s either.

I tried but either age or removing the battery caused it to desynchronize. I got it right before Wrath of the Lich King, so it had a good run.

Agreed. My un-scientific observation has been that the more stretch goals a game hits, the less likely it will ever release.

The amount of noise IS the signal