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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)

submitted 11 months ago by kpw@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You want something, but you don't want to pay the cost (either monetarily or because they have made it too hard) and so you take take it. Fuck these assholes companies who try to milk people for every last penny, so I have no moral qualms with piracy, I do it myself.

But, fuck, can we stop trying to paint it as some noble thing? Effectively zero pirates are doing it to perseve culture, instead it's fulfilling personal desire.

This is chaotic neutral at best, not neutral good.

[–] Emma_Gold_Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think there's an exception to be made in your argument for abandonware. There are classic arcade games that wouldn,'t exist any more but are widely available due to MAME support.

[–] Apothecary@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The Nintendo eShop shutdown is another example of preserving software through piracy.