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> The internet has its own morality that is somewhat untethered to legality: use what you can get, pay for what you feel you should. I see you chose more of a
by Brendinooo 7y ago
> The internet has its own morality that is somewhat untethered to legality: use what you can get, pay for what you feel you should.
I see you chose more of a passive tone here, as though you're just a cog in the machine, totally helpless and unable to take action on your own.
The Internet is what people make of it, in part based on the sum of individual choices.
> And you can scream
Not screaming.
> it just ads to the Streisand effect
Possibly. Maybe it alerts GitHub devs to the problem and they try to come up with a solve. If font creators read it, they can work with repo owners to get things in order. For my part, it pointed out a problem that I can take steps to mitigate in the future with my own repos.
Anyways, obviously I can't stop you or anyone else from taking digital goods at will. But in part, I wish that people would be more transparent about their motives instead of talking themselves into thinking that they're not actually doing something wrong.
Just say "I take things that don't belong to me because I deserve to have them, it's easy to do so, and I won't get in trouble". At least it'd be an honest assessment.