A fictional rollout: Remouse Standard launched with subscription and perpetual options. After implementing server-based activation with ECDSA-signed keys and a 14-day offline grace, piracy dropped 60% among casual users while support tickets for activation remained under 2% of installs due to clear UX and deactivation tools.

"Not necessarily," Benny said, wiping his mouth. "Look, most companies have corporate volume licenses. If your job is purely administrative, the department should be paying for productivity tools. It’s a tax write-off."