That's because the biggest tech companies have the resources to invest heavily in security and they are constantly updating their products to make them harder to crack. Smaller companies don't have the same resources, so their products are more vulnerable to being cracked and used for free.
DariusMills t1_j9tmh2z wrote
Reply to ELI5 : How come that the biggest tech company products, like Windows OS can be cracked and used for free while apps made by small companies have a strict paywall impossible to break? by [deleted]
That's because the biggest tech companies have the resources to invest heavily in security and they are constantly updating their products to make them harder to crack. Smaller companies don't have the same resources, so their products are more vulnerable to being cracked and used for free.