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I guess people pirating music is about greed, then being content with spotify instead because it's easier is about sloth.
by fullshark 8y ago
I guess people pirating music is about greed, then being content with spotify instead because it's easier is about sloth.
- sdf43543t345 8y agore Piracy, its Pride -- for the technical challenge of getting something gratis. the fact it cost money ('greed') doesn't factor into it. Proud of the ability to acquire at no cost to the individual.
- fullshark 8y agoA lot of people were/are just cheap
- eric_h 8y agoFor me that's what it was - I gathered quite a collection of shit I never even used or played (apps, media), just because I could (before Napster). For the friends of mine with no technical chops who I taught how to pirate, there was no pride, it was pure greed.
- Cthulhu_ 8y ago^ Very true; piracy became huge because it was free (greed) and easy (sloth), but streaming services like Spotify and Netflix changed those dynamics; it made it easier and safer (sloth), at the expense of making it cost some money, but still not as much as taking a gamble on e.g. buying a CD would. Of course, it came at the expense of artists, who aren't making as much off of Spotify as they did off of album sales. Well, not the top X artists anyway, I like to think that the artists that used to be in the long tail are now doing pretty well for themselves. Relatively.