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submitted 5 months ago by akilou@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 40 points 5 months ago (2 children)

If you can't proudly say your pirating sure you need to find a new friend group

[–] dimjim@sh.itjust.works 55 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Well they said "co-worker", I can understand not divulging that in a workplace.

[–] retrieval4558@mander.xyz 16 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Eh fuck it, what are they going to do, call the FBI on me? Employer certainly doesn't care.

[–] BingBong@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Highly dependent on workplace. Many with govt contracts could feel an obligation to punish this.

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

My employer is the government

[–] Gsus4@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Plot twist: dude works at Disneyflix :D

[–] NatoBoram@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

"An ex-Netflix engineer's take on piracy; in a YouTube drama near you"

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 5 months ago

My da has a mate who's literally a peeler and was showing him his piracy set-up. His mate was also talking about his.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 5 months ago

I've never worked an office job that wasn't pirating software openly and somewhat proudly when pointed out

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 5 months ago

It's just that they have no idea how to answer the question