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

‚so would you steal a car?‘ nono.. hear me out i actually have a thesis/question.

so, if you rent a car, that you don’t own, but ‚subscibe‘ to for a certain amount of time. does that mean by following the logic of this statement, that stealing this rented car is ok? im aware that this aims at software and the non-materialness of software but still.. do i have a point here?

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

I have a better idea: Instead of piracy, just don't use/consume products that are exclusively distributed through shitty business models. At least when it comes to software, that's much more effective.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

Nonsense, paying doesn't always mean you get to own it. I would understand the excuse more if you let's say bought a game on Steam, but then Steam went away forever and you lost the game and you don't want to pay for it again. But by that time the game would be super cheap anyway... Well, unless it was now unavailable, then piracy is the only solution to actually getting it.

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