Unhinged take I checked that was 2013 and the game cost almost as much as you you would pay in a month's rent in India in small towns.

Most pirates aren't people who could pay for this stuff. This is utterly meaningless.

So much in fact I don't even want to link counter examples to it.

No/very few paying user pirates even single player games these days if they can afford it as a luxury please understand that.

I would likemy regular updates bug fixes patches and new feaures ASAP. And on sale at 8$ for a game is less than 0.01% of my income so sure.

But if it costs 800 USD I will get it for free because I am literally too poor for it.

Anyone who thinks otherwise is beyond deluded.

Instead of denuvo you can use simple steam drm, non trivial to pirate for small games cracks will take days or weeks to appear and updates won't be available instantly.

It's safe simple and easy. And doesn't hurt any one.

Denuvo is just invasive bullcrap that deluded people think helps anyone.