• @lazyViking
    link
    English
    -421 hours ago

    So by your logic, if you pay for a stripper, you should own her for life? Or does paying for a temporary service not suddenly mean ‘ownership’ applies to everything?

    Buying digital media means paying for licensed access (and to be fair, I miss buying the physical media because I got to keep it without interference, It doesn’t change anything about lost revenue), just like buying a ticket to a concert or hiring entertainment for a night. That doesn’t mean you ‘own’ the performer or the venue—it means you paid for the experience.

    Piracy, meanwhile, is just skipping the payment entirely. Hope that helps!

    • @AriesAspect
      link
      English
      1
      edit-2
      18 hours ago

      Its about enshittacation. Everything we “own” online only becomes worse over time and permanently advertised buys are actually just temporary. Hope that helps!

      It the same as sharing media with a friend. Also culture shouldn’t only be available for those with money

      Piracy is a lot of work. If they had better product people wouldn’t do it

      • @lazyViking
        link
        English
        -15 hours ago

        It’s not about enshitification at all? It’s all about the point that piracy causes losses. Nothing else. Of course if piracy didn’t cause any losses, no one in the industry would actually be against it. Me, I’m all for it. For all the reasons stated in this thread for some reason. But I’m not sure why anyone keeps bringing it up, as the only talking point is that it fucking causes losses to the producers.

        • @AriesAspect
          link
          English
          13 hours ago

          It’s more then a one dimensional issue. Life is about more then corporate profits dingus lol

          • @lazyViking
            link
            English
            02 hours ago

            Life, sure. But not the comment i was originally replying to