Originally posted by nextgenafter
im 15 and making 7$ an hour before taxes, I dont care enough to buy the game for 10$, I though you nerds would know where to get it for free, if not, idc.
Calling the community nerds doesn't make yourself look "cool" and wont help you out. You work and make $7 (by the way, the symbol comes before the number) an hour. Notch works and makes a fair amount of money a day. Now lets say that people figure out a way to get what ever it is the company you work for makes, for free. Now the company will slowly start to lose money. Eventually they will start having to cut back. Since you're being paid minimum wage, they can't lower your salary and your job clearly isn't that important. So what do they do? They fire you. Now you're only 15, so you can just go and find another minimum-wage job and be "happy", but it's a little harder for adults. So if everyone starts to pirate minecraft, Notch has to lay off people, which is bad for them, and it's also bad for the game. So you are helping ruin minecraft. That's why I will not link you to a cracked minecraft. I do it because I like the game and because I'm not selfish enough to steal from other people just because I'm lazy.