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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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[–] poopkins@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

There will be a portion of pirates that never intended to spend money, but surely there will also be at least some pirates who deliberately stopped paying a subscription in favor of consuming content for free.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that corporations have some unalienable right to take our money; what I'm saying is that with the recent increase in digital piracy, it's not unthinkable that it has had some, however small, financial impact on their bottom line.

I feel this is a very nuanced take and genuinely don't understand how this community has taken offense to it.