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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (22 children)

If people suddenly collectively understood they're paying for basically nothing it would probably spur large-scale revolution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (11 children)

He received what he paid for and then got his money back

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Textbook example of the frog in boiling water. No one would have accepted this behavior before, but now we're so used these big companies doing whatever they want, we have no problem shrugging off whatever they do.

I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that if you're not actively sabotaging these companies (through piracy at least), you're morally in the wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No one would have accepted this behavior before

Are you suggesting no one has used Steam in the past 20+ years?

I’m slowly coming to the conclusion that if you’re not actively sabotaging these companies (through piracy at least), you’re morally in the wrong.

Lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Right, because the phrase "digital purchase" clearly indicates that you don't own the media.

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