OdellKozey t1_j9tn8ed wrote on February 24, 2023 at 2:04 PM 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 it's much easier for hackers to break into large companies with more resources. Smaller companies don't have the same resources to protect their products so they rely on paywalls to make money. Permalink −1−
OdellKozey t1_j9tn8ed 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 it's much easier for hackers to break into large companies with more resources. Smaller companies don't have the same resources to protect their products so they rely on paywalls to make money.