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Hell yeah, game devs don't deserve to be paid for their work ๐คก
Piracy is always moral. These types of comments ignore the fact that "game devs" don't actually have full control of their works but instead is split through a larger publishing/corporation and shareholders. Game devs have very little autonomy or personal agency at all.
Am I taking crazy pills? Thieves are claiming the moral high ground?
Can you define theft in any way that includes digital copying?
Theft is when capitalists could make more money but didn't
Actually, more accurately: 'Theft' is when capitalists could make more money fucking you over, but couldn't. *Actual *theft is when capitalists make more money by fucking you over and then pay the fines for it as a cost of business.