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[–] [email protected] 273 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've been pirating since I was a child. That being said, I don't think it's particularly healthy to pin 'media pirating' as a personality trait.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I basically stopped pirating entirely despite doing it relentlessly early in life. I still owe Capcom a thousand bucks if I am to pay that one alone back.

The basically part is that I still pirate what little music I need. Fuck the music industry.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My exception is smaller bands with bamdcamp.

Buying from there supports the artists well!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I basically do the same. I buy a majority of albums as records from my favorite bands or just bands I want to support.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Yup. Pirating is about filling a need where companies sorely lack in providing services. When a company provides a shitty service or offers no viable alternative to obtaining something I would gladly pay for, pirating bridges that gap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you know what community this is?

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

participating in a community ≠ making it a lifestyle

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

I think a lot of people in this community consider it a lifestyle to pirate media.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

I think most just don't give a fuck. Definitely not enough fucks to make it a lifestyle.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because, at the end of the day, we're basically just downloading commodity entertainment. There's nothing directly substantive about that and that's fine. Not everything we do needs to become a direct part of our identity.

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

Oh. Omg you're so right lol.