I think people have already answered your question. Just to add on, think about stuff that happened before the creation of an IP regime. Were people not creating things back then?
I would also like to clarify that I’m not talking about forcing people to reveal their secrets. If you want to keep your thing a secret, you’re welcome to. But, there should be no state prosecution if that thing gets made public.
And I do buy things if I enjoyed them and want to reward the creators. When I was a poor kid with no funds, I pirated a lot of videogames. Now that I’m a slightly older kid with some funds, I buy the games that I enjoy and my game piracy has gone down a lot. Without piracy, these future sales from me would have been lost because I probably wouldn’t care about videogames. Not a justification, just my feelings.
All piracy is ethical because Intellectual Property is a lie.
I will pirate from megacorps and indies, anyone who sets up a demand based distribution system for products.
The only products I will not pirate are those that have a needs based distribution system and are finite.
Socialism is actually full daddy-state.
Communism would be a stateless existence.
If I could replace my government with the EU, I would not hesitate.
No way that’s true. Most social media users are in Asia and Africa where Android is King!
That would be:
Dota 2
Warframe
Path of Exile
Skyrim
Mass Effect 3
Dragon Age: Origins
Apex Legends
This was definitely an angry upvote for me.
Uninstall Linux. Get a MacBook. Go outside and touch grass. Fall in love.
This is a dark path you’re going down, youngling!
Edit: Linux nerds mad they don’t get any :) It’s okay bros, I don’t get any either.
Even as a crypto enthusiast, the web3 movement smelled like VC manure being dumped on a field hoping something grows.
Incredibly out of touch Westerners who think the world should revolve exclusively around their favoured concerns. The Ukraine conflict was a very good example of this. So many dumbasses blaming countries for not cutting their ties with Russia just because it suits their worldview.
For what’s it’s worth, finding an alternate revenue source would be good for keeping the web good.
Hosting is not free and how many sites can you donate to, realistically?
This makes it sound like you ate his shit…