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[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 103 points 8 months ago

You block ads because of privacy.

I block ads to cause the greatest amount of financial damage, purely out of spite.

We are not the same.

[-] Delta_44@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago

I also block ads because I want a clean page, plus the economical damage.

[-] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 27 points 8 months ago

Yeah that’s my whole thing with ads, I understand monetization is necessary but it’s gotten so far out of fucking hand

[-] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

I agree. Small, non-intrusive banner ads with an easy close button are fine. They get the message across without getting in anyone's way.

The problem is the ads that stop you from doing anything for the best part of a minute. I don't see how anyone has ever been convinced to buy whatever product is being advertised by these, but somehow, they're the ones that are everywhere.

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[-] green_square@yiffit.net 66 points 8 months ago

Steal. To take another person's property without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Take. To remove someone or something from a particular place.

I’m not taking anything, I’m merely creating a copy of it. I would 100% download a car if that meant cloning someone’s car for free and without damaging the original one.

[-] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 30 points 8 months ago

This doesn't get said enough. Piracy is only damaging if I would have paid to get the thing in the first place. If I'm pirating something that I would have avoided entirely had I needed to pay, literally no one is taking any losses.

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[-] li10@lemmy.ml 53 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don’t know why some people sugar coat it.

I’d pirate anyway because I don’t wanna spend money, and so would a lot of people who instead choose to hide behind excuses.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago

I have seen these big long winded speeches about how immoral it is to sell copyrighted material and how some dumb shit like spiderman should fall under the 'free sharing of ideas to better humanity' and blah blah blah.

Bro. We are thieves. We are stealing because its easy and the products cost too much.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

It also depends on who's behind the product. Good indie game with one or a few developers - never. Adobe - I consider it a moral obligation.

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[-] Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 8 months ago

Bad news: piracy isn’t theft if buying isn’t owning

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[-] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 8 months ago

I used to NOT advocate for piracy. I still pirated shit because I did not want to pay but I never suggested that it was the right thing to do. But the way that these corporations try to fuck their customers more and more I feel like paying for something is basically tipping a billionaire. Their pockets are bottomless and they will figure out a hundred different ways to make sure they don't pay taxes on those billions while the rest of us have to pay a third of our hard earned cash in taxes. Piracy is not only OK, I think it is warranted at this point.

[-] Delta_44@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago
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[-] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 8 months ago

Its not theft its copyright infringement

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[-] notannpc@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

I just enjoy having 1 app to browse the content I want to watch instead of a dozen different apps that suck in their own special ways.

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[-] Fenrisulfir@lemmy.ca 29 points 8 months ago

The crazy thing is that you’ve been tricked into thinking piracy even is theft

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[-] DuskyRo@lemmy.world 27 points 8 months ago
[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 25 points 8 months ago

If those corporations are allowed to do it, then so are we.

Even the corporation that made all those "You wouldn't download a car" ads are now downloading actors for their movies.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I just enjoy copyright infringement.

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

obligatory "if buying isn't owning, then pirating isn't stealing"

and also there's a moral argument for data preservation here somewhere

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 9 points 8 months ago

Pirating is stealing regardless and that's cool 😎

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 8 months ago

I prefer “unauthorized duplication of bits” :3

[-] taanegl@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I love stealing~

I like taking things~

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 8 months ago

They committed the cool crime of stealing!

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[-] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago

I just like filling up hard drives and sitting on top of them like a dragon hoarding ones and zeros

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 18 points 8 months ago

its very cool and funny to do crimes, actually

[-] TWeaK@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago

Copyright infringement isn't a crime though, only commercial copyright infringement is.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 17 points 8 months ago

I think piracy is the inevitable result of restricting access.

Given that music services like Apple music, Spotify, YouTube music, and others, all have access to just about anything you might want to hear as soon as it's released, no matter what service you use, you get access. Pick your favorite.

Meanwhile in the world of TV and movies, everything is everywhere. If you want to pay for access to whatever you want to watch, you're going to be subscribing to just about every video streaming service in existence to achieve it, because everyone has exclusives. Don't like the website, user interface, search system, algorithmic suggestion system, mobile app, webpage, price, etc. Of a service? Too fucking bad, they're the only one who streams that show you like, either pay too much for cable and sit on your couch every week at the same time to watch it there (if that's even an option... and over pay for it), or use the stupid streaming service you hate to watch it. Your alternative? Piracy.

IMO, piracy is inevitable as long as access is this limited.

I don't know anyone who pirates music anymore.

I know of plenty that pirate TV and movies.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Believe it or not, but piracy with principles is much more fun

[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

Why not both? I dont NEED 90% of the forgeries I download, but a good 60-80% of them I'd still pay for if digital media ownership wasnt such a fucking shit show right now. Treat me with respect as a customer or I'll fucking fly the flag, I'm not a sack of money you can punch to get money out of it because you're too fucking lazy to get some respectfully

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[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I enjoy copyright infringement because I hate late stage capitalism.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 8 months ago

The secret ingredient is crime.

[-] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Ethical theft should be the norm

[-] thantik@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I pirate because I was taught to pirate from a young age. My dad brought home a copy of DOOM from his friend, my aunt rented VHS's from Blockbuster and copied TF out of them and let friends borrow them. Every Windows OS I've installed we've reused CD keys. And now, I download movies/tv shows for my kids to watch so they aren't inundated with ads. But...I buy the things that are worth it. I've bought my kids all the Five-Nights games because they enjoyed them. My steam library is FILLED with humble-bundles from Indy artists and games that were lovingly made by their creators like BG3, Enshrouded, Nightingale, etc. But I also have a Nintendo switch that's cracked WIIIIDE open because fuck Nintendo. Also fuck Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Activision (RIP Blizzard), Apple, and I'm sure I'll come up with more later. Oh yeah, and FUCK NESTLE.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

FUCK NESTLE.

I don't know how to download chocolate but once I figure it out...

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[-] Squorlple@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

Pirating because you didn’t know that money can be exchanged for goods and services

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Facts, I love stealing, I love taking things

[-] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

You wouldn't download insulin

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