They are there because they can use licensed content free of charge, although there were many ways to extract money from people over there, like VIP packages and payment for "unban" etc.

In the past, the LFS Pro community became more active than the legit community and sales were so low we didn't earn enough money to live on.

But it's not just about my family having to live a frugal lifestyle so we could pay the bills. Worse things than that happened to other people.

I agree this thread should close, it makes me too sad.

This is just too suspicious and strange.