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Out of curiosity, what site wanted to censor your work? Mostly as a PSA so we all know another place worth avoiding.I released 3 stories to the public, which were pretty well recieved, with only minor criticism, but they all had to taken down shortly after due to *drum roll* ....... censoring.
@gunderson - There're plenty of reasons to pirate, legit or otherwise. Being too poor, wanting to try before you buy, or even just being selfish and immature. But your intentions, situation and the decisions of 3rd parties mean nothing to the outcome of doing so - people who put a lot of effort into making your life easier not being as well compensated for their work as they probably should be.
No amount of justifications and rationalizing can change that fact, so it's a bit pointless to keep trying to prop up that position. We all know pirating is an option, and most of us make use of it at one point or another for varying reasons, but we all got to be honest with ourselves and admit we are harming our own when we don't do what we can to support those who enable us.
One of the reasons I'm looking forward to making some money off the games I'm creating is that, in addition to being able to replace my failing system, I'll finally be able to start giving back a bit. I've been wanting to throw some money towards Blender and Godot for a long while now, as well as the devs/teams behind a handful of my favorite games that can be found here, and even this site itself. In the mean time I do my best to help spread the word on them to anyone interested and in the case of Blender, and to a lesser extent Godot, I've spent hundreds of hours in the communities surrounding them to help those looking to learn.