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[–] willeypete23@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

The whole concept of getting things without paying for them being equivalent to losing a sale is stupid. I remember reading a while back that a man stole 800,000 worth of iPhones. But the thing is Apple didn't lose 800,000 in sales. They lost whatever it cost to manufacture those iPhones.