I also consider it a mandatory action on my part to clarify the things that you wrote.
Let's start with piracy. If you recall the way I treated this at the end of 2017 and until about the end of the summer of 2018, then this is really true. I was very worried that some people can steal pictures without paying for them. I was also worried that there were those who could make a 'pledge', but leave before the end of the month without paying a cent. This was due to the fact that I did not have the opportunity to enable "charge up front". This feature was turned on for my account much later, but when it happened my attitude generally began to change in the neutral direction, plus closer to the summer of 2018, I finally got access to Charge Up Front.
I began to realize that all my worries were meaningless. These were the things that I could not influence in any way, because pirate has always been and will be. Instead of worrying since the fall of 2018, I focused on futile attempts to provide those who support me with a more convenient method of distributing content in archives without passwords or temporary links. Earlier, I unfortunately abused this.
Besides the fact that I gave up trying to combat piracy, I also tried to improve the quality of my pictures and still try to do it. I understand perfectly and accept the fact that all my images are far from ideal and if someone speaks about it in a polite language, without insults and / or mockery, then I try to listen to it.