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What do you all think about piracy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Pirated and OS software are different things, obviously. But would you prefer one over the other? I'm thinking of switching to both OS software AND pirated software. Just want opinions and tips from this community.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I have a few personal rules about it, eg. I'll try not to pirate smaller, independent things where it might conceivably screw over the creator, but other than that it's all fair game IMO.

As a side note, it's been interesting to grow up hearing non-stop from the corporate world that piracy is evil and is killing art or whatever, only to watch them do a full 180 in the last couple of years now that they need to pirate the entire internet to train AI.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Rules for thee but not for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

My only rule is that I won't pirate it if I would otherwise buy it and not do without it. Either way they make no money from me, but sometimes after pirating I'll want to actually buy it.