Yeah I guess you could argue that not encrypting or obfuscating the binary makes it a bit faster to create a pirated version but it doesn’t really effect piracy rates beyond that.
I’m just happy to see a FOSS engine being noticed as important to the game’s success.
For whatever reason Slay the Spire 2 became this flashpoint for this discussion, even though, from all I’ve seen, the devs never made any statements complaining about it. Maybe it was fans getting things spoiled?