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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (08 Dec 2023) (pluralistic.net)
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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure this was a comment here over a week ago.

[–] Dalvoron@lemm.ee 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some version of the phrase has been around for a couple years at least

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

whoa, next thing you're gonna tell me is that the "you are the product" one hasn't been coined by Lemmy either!

[–] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's "If you're not paying for it, you're the product" and we invented the term next week TYVM.