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Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Well, my friend, he's kinda poor he can't afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don't understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the author or just wants to skim through it, he will download the book.

He usually doesn't like to pirate from small companies or professors who are trying to make a living by selling books, but from millionaires & plenty of mega corps which already have loads of money, he feels like it's the right move to pirate

Also, have you ever noticed that you have felt that the value of a product has decreased just because you didn't pay for it, thus you are less interested to read it? i.e., had you paid for the book, you would have more likely read that book.

He says he will buy stuff when his time is more valuable than money, let's all hope that day is soon.

What are your piracy habits?

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[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don’t pirate music or games because there are reasonable platforms and pricing models which make pirating more hassle than it’s worth. Shows and movies, on the other hand, are an absolute shitshow to purchase legally.

Outrageous pricing.
Declining quality. Especially writing. See Rings of Power, Wheel of Time, and Foundation.
Content is often unavailable to purchase. See Disney vault.
Competing streaming services. I’d have to subscribe to six services to access the shows I like.
Content disappears from services with little notice.
Studios and platforms have been removing and modifying older content for political reasons.

It’s like they’re trying to make the experience as bad as possible. So fuck ‘em. Thank you Sonarr and Radarr.

[–] thelastknowngod@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don’t pirate music ... because there are reasonable platforms and pricing models which make pirating more hassle than it’s worth.

Hopefully Spotify is not the platform you're talking about. I don't use them because they do not pay the artists. Bandcamp is the spot for music.. It's really the only place I get music anymore.

[–] JasSmith@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

I don’t use Spotify, but no one forces artists to list their music on Spotify. They can choose list on any platform they like. FYI Spotify does in fact pay artists. Just less than Bandcamp. Streaming is why I don’t pirate anymore. If I had to go back to paying $30 for an album I’d be a pirate again. So artists can take some of my money, or none of it.

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I love band camp. I love having FLAC downloads

[–] Mantis_Toboggan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I’ll add to that.

Shit is geo-locked to certain countries and I can’t access it. 🏴‍☠️ Raise it.

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

It makes me so mad that company's edit or change original movies or books for politcal or because it hurts somebody's feelings. The movie/book was written or produced in a time period that was very different and its ugly to try to change history. If you don't teach about the ugly things in history they are doomed to repeat themselfs