&gt;And honestly, for a few games I&#x27;ve worked on for companies in the past, pirates are the only thing keeping those games accessible at all.<p>Microsoft in Bill Gates&#x27; era understood the importance of piracy. He said, &quot;As long as they are going to 
 steal it, we want them to steal ours.&quot;<p>Windows Phone in my opinion is suffering because of its nonexistent piracy - sideloading was near impossible for normal users.<p>Imagine downloading 3gb+ visual studio just to unlock your phone.<p>My siblings loved my 925 but then they asked, &quot;How do you get apps?&quot;<p>I replied, &quot;From the store.&quot;<p>They responded, &quot;So, no flashshare?&quot;<p>I said, &quot;No.&quot; And that was the end of it.<p>I could see the stupidity in Microsoft&#x27;s previous focus on low end phones targeted at emerging markets. Because emerging markets NEED piracy.