Someone is selling something I want. I either can’t, or don’t want to, pay for it, so I just take it. What’s the morality there?
Not sure why you need this spelled out. There are varying degrees of “wrong.” They’re still all on one side of the spectrum.
I support piracy the same way I support shoplifting of certain goods - it’s a social subsidy for poor people because we as a society don’t guarantee enough spending power.
Well that and the generally ethical piracy of archival/illegal distribution to overcome laws.
I’m not exactly against piracy but I don’t see it as morally good. If anything I see it in the same way Gabe Newell sees piracy. It’s not a good or bad force but rather a sort of force of human nature that comes about when companies can’t make a decent service. The only way to kill piracy is by making a user experience that is better than constantly searching for torrents. You need a decent platform that people are willing to pay for. Enshitification is basically a summoning circle for pirates. Sirusly covering your platform with scam ads is just gonna make demand for ad blockers. Not selling old games at all is just gonna make demand for emulators. Charging $50 dollars for a text book is just gonna make demand for a PDF scans. It’s crap like that that makes me consider piracy good and a necessity today.
This is a weird take to have.
I have 0 problem with piracy but this sub claiming is as a morally superior thing to do really bugs me.
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Someone is selling something I want. I either can’t, or don’t want to, pay for it, so I just take it. What’s the morality there?
Not sure why you need this spelled out. There are varying degrees of “wrong.” They’re still all on one side of the spectrum.
I support piracy the same way I support shoplifting of certain goods - it’s a social subsidy for poor people because we as a society don’t guarantee enough spending power.
Well that and the generally ethical piracy of archival/illegal distribution to overcome laws.
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Access to content. Same as Steam.
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You can buy a lot of things that aren’t tangible. The entire service industry is built on that concept.
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I’m not exactly against piracy but I don’t see it as morally good. If anything I see it in the same way Gabe Newell sees piracy. It’s not a good or bad force but rather a sort of force of human nature that comes about when companies can’t make a decent service. The only way to kill piracy is by making a user experience that is better than constantly searching for torrents. You need a decent platform that people are willing to pay for. Enshitification is basically a summoning circle for pirates. Sirusly covering your platform with scam ads is just gonna make demand for ad blockers. Not selling old games at all is just gonna make demand for emulators. Charging $50 dollars for a text book is just gonna make demand for a PDF scans. It’s crap like that that makes me consider piracy good and a necessity today.
Don’t really disagree with this at all. My only complaint is when the “It’s totally moral and good and right” justifications come along