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Once a pirate, always a pirate
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this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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So hilarious to see this on this sub after people assured me time and time again that "we only pirate because prices are too high!"
It's almost as if we're all different people.
You're not different people though, other than some of you are honest and some of you are just conjuring up bullshit justifications.
Yeah right? Who's gonna feed those poor corporation? I'm sure they'll used the money they make for a better customers experience
...what corporation?
Yes
Are you playing dumb or are just just dumb?
Why do you hate piracy?
So, when you're licking the boot, do you start at the heel or the toe?
Hey man, I pirate too. But it's nothing to do with cost, and I don't fabricate bullshit justifications for it.
We pirate because we're selfish but use every excuse in the book to convince ourselves otherwise...
If we were selfish, we wouldn't be sharing our files in the first place, and the system would fall apart.
It's the fact that we aren't selfish that filesharing works at all.
More mental gymnastics
LOL you're just so kind, sharing your stolen media. Practically a saint, ain't ya?
I pirate because it's more convenient, surprisingly I don't pirate games and music because of steam and spotify, steam is just convenient, so is spotify it's more convenient than fucking around with finding music you like
movies/tv shows it's more convenient to have my own plex server
Gaben himself in interviews says all data points towards the best way to combat piracy is by providing a good service/convenience. The biggest reason for piracy isn't money, surprisingly.
Personally I stopped sailing when streaming services just started. They were reasonably priced, they weren't fragmented, and I could hop to another one for a month and catch up on their exclusives. Then they started becoming bastards in every single aspect of convenience and cost so back to sailing.
And yet people still pirate Steam games all day ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ie: "I justify theft to myself because they charge more than I personally think they're worth."
I didn't say it was the ONLY reason people pirate....
Compared to even 10 years ago, game piracy is almost nonexistent. Steam is the reason.
Based on what?
I do only pirate because the prices are too high.
I just never specified how high is too high 😏