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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

If I’m pirating, it means I either can’t afford the item, it’s too hard to get, or the ways to get it have been made overly complex and frustrating. This means literally no money was ever going in anyone’s pockets to begin with.

How am I preventing a sale that was never going to take place to begin with?