Recent studies have shown that Internet users from the Russian Federation are not inclined to purchase licensed content, and they have their own reasons for this.
Russian users are not afraid of pirated games, software, films, TV shows and music, according to a new poll by ESET. About 2000 people were interviewed who are residents of the Russian Federation and regularly use the Internet.
It became known that only 9% of Russians prefer to stick to exclusively legal content. ESET data shows that games are the most popular among pirates, with 52% of users preferring to download hacked versions.
This is followed by films and TV shows, which 43% of respondents “steal,” and music, which 34% receive from unlicensed sources. In addition, 19% of respondents said they use jailbroken software, and 14% admitted to downloading e-books from pirated platforms.
According to the authors of the study, the most common reason that drives people to piracy is the high cost of online content: 75% of all surveyed users reported using illegal downloads to save money. Interestingly, 25% of the respondents said they refused to pay for "ideological reasons." Another 16% complained that the payment systems used by legal providers are simply inconvenient.
Two years ago, a study was conducted, according to which it turned out that most Russians do not know at all that piracy is something illegal. I think the data is greatly underestimated.
The average home user may not even know that most of the software on his home computer is unlicensed.
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Then, in a survey by Irdeto, more than 85% of Russian residents said that they did not see anything illegal not only in the use of unlicensed content, but also in its creation and distribution.