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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?
It's not theft.
Can you define theft in any way that includes digital copying?
Wait, you WOULDN'T download a car?
Redefining theft from "taking a physical object that isn't yours" to "right click copy, right click paste" has got to be one of the best psyops of all time.
I was never going to give Todd Howard the money for this regardless, after FO76. He would have received $0 for this game regardless of if I downloaded it or not.