Talk:VOCALOID Piracy/@comment-12.0.229.176-20181020171843/@comment-7882956-20181021041710

" but it’s just a group of weebs getting mad because they are using their “Waifu” illegally... tbh why care about them? "

It's not really just about "using their waifu illegally" or making money through the illegal versions, but the fact that the actual product was not supported. Every bit can help the VOCALOID earn their updates and additional voicebanks, can help keep the companies going and encourage them to make more. When people don't buy the products, it hurts the sales. This is how companies like Voctro Labs, S.L. move out of the business. MAIKA is their best VOCALOID product in terms of sales, but she still didn't do as well as they'd like, especially within her target market. The Spanish fandom apparently has issues supporting the Spanish VOCALOIDs, sometimes even turning to Japanese ones just because they like the characters better or even straightup pirating them, not sparing the money to help support the product. While you have those who do everything they can to help, there are others who don't. When the ones who don't support the product outweigh those who do, that's a big problem.