buy a new game: dev gets money
buy a used game: dev does not get money
pirate a game: dev does not get money
boycott a game: dev does not get money
Not being a video game fan: dev does not get money.
Winning a free copy of a game in a promotion held by the publisher: dev does not get money
There are a lot of ways the dev does not get money, basically. That doesn't logically link them to piracy.
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