@JustSomeFriend99
You can take my models and assets from here, genuinely no hard feelings. I understand that if everyone had a comfy amount of cash, they'd just buy the things. My issue is mainly when I see people redistribute it, especially from creators much smaller than us.
The issue is not even simply piracy, it's the lack of patience to me. At the very start the sales are really important, after a month they die down a lot and the "damage" caused by piracy is actually tiny. We personally see it as free advertisement, so it's beneficial to us.
Will I starve if you pirate it? Not at all, my income is fine and my staff is being paid. Small creators? Actually a big deal, so if I see people redistribute stuff from small creators on Day 1, it irks me the wrong way.
I know you can't force people to follow made up rules on this stuff, but I'd really appreciate if people would just be patient with pirating assets, at the very least for 2 weeks. I feel like waiting 2-4 weeks to NOT pay for things is a good payoff, especially when you put half a year into the creation of an Avatar.
This way I can feel like you guys respect the creators of all these things, meaning we won't need to see the piracy community in such a bad light.