Not directly related to GTA but Rockstar related, a fun video I found:
TL;DW is that for whatever reason, R* went WAY overboard, I mean put a stupid amount of time and effort to give several redundant anti-piracy measures for those who pirated the game, to the point where it seems sadistic and personal at times...only for actual crackers to never trigger any of these measures and for the PAID STEAM RELEASE to trigger all of them, making the product paying customers got completely unplayable without any third party patches. Of course, downloading the game illegally for free also works, only the paypig gets punished.
Very entertaining video, I can only wonder how many bugs could be squashed or how much more content could be put into the game if the devs focused their energy on something that mattered.