On: Tell HN: GitHub refuses to remove cracked copies of my software after a month

[akoboldfrying]

If you want to use it despite the ads, use it.

If you don't, don't.

It's that simple. Be an adult, make a choice and live with it.

[account42 → akoboldfrying]

That's not how the world works. Spamware kills honest alternatives so you won't have a choice.

[akoboldfrying → account42]

How does it kill them?

ETA: I dispute the implication that "honest" software is a category that necessarily excludes all ad-supported software, but that's a side story.