When I was young I didn't care how much hassle I had to get through to get stuff I wanted for free. Mostly I didn't have money as a 12 y/o.
My point was exactly: how many people want to go through all of this AND would instead pay IF this route wasn't available?
a 12 year old without money won't pay for your service no matter what you do, so does it matter if you let them "hack it" for free?
I'd consider it similar to Adobe's old model (easy to crack, but converts to paying customers in a few years)