Comment on #StopPayingGames

• Cherry@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would argue in some ways piracy is a progressive form of demonstration against a systematic problem, and in this case the bigger studies that milk users and take advantage of those doing the work.

  So telling people not to advocate with their form of protest is a bit unfair, it takes all tactics to get change.

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  • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a convenient form of protest that just happens to get you stuff for free.

    I’m not better than pirates, I am one at times. I don’t pretend like I’m doing something moral. I, like everyone else, do it so I can enjoy the content while saving the money for other things.

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    • Cherry@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have no qualms paying for products. I try make the right choices but bit by bit it becomes impossible as the tech around us becomes more authoritative, more greedy, more invasive, more enshitified, less fair.

      Streaming is a great example. Nearly all of them don’t treat staff well, they use profits to lobby or abuse their positions. I am happy to pay for content. I am not happy to pay to perpetuate bad behavior. Hence I’d like have an offline collection…but if I simply can’t buy it…then it becomes a service problem.

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