Oleg is very concerned with illegal distribution of PF over the Internet.
I will compile in one post what Oleg said in his answers in that thread.
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In the first year of the original IL-2 run %20 of the users were using pirated copy of the game. Mostly in China and Russia. Percentage of illegal users on the West was negligible. Profit was enough to justify frequent free add-ons and even development of FB.
But now (with FB+AEP) about %60 of users worldwide are using pirated version of the game.
Oleg’s company is on the edge. At the moment development expenses exceed profit. Profit from FB + AEP (especially) is less then from original IL-2. Profit does not even cover salaries of the developers.
Hope is that PF is going to change it, but it is only hope.
If piracy continues with PF – don’t wait for "the future project" (BoB).