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> If I make a book, I don't "owe you an effort" just cause you don't want to make it available in a format you'd like to consume. Of course you don't. > And t

> If I make a book, I don't "owe you an effort" just cause you don't want to make it available in a format you'd like to consume. Of course you don't. > And that doesn't give you the right to steal it from me. First of all I am not stealing, you haven't lost anything. Secondly you not making effort to distribute your book means you don't care too much about selling your book now do you? Anyhow, that's comparing apples to oranges. I support indie devs/book writers/music because I directly support the creator(s). This whole situation is bit different when we are talking about pirating a movie that made $1b in profits. > But if you want to use Betamax and it's going to be expensive for me to support it, I don't owe you that. And it doesn't make it okay for you to just take my work because you will only use your own format. But that completely not my argument. I want to have an easy access to what you make. If you only sell your book after I install an ad plugin into my browser then fuck you. If i care about reading it I will pirate. This is a case of an author actively working against access to the product for no reason. And the author is a multinational corporation raking in profits.

bosie 6y ago
> First of all I am not stealing, you haven't lost anything. So in the future when he provides you with the format you pirated you will purchase it? Despite having pirated it before?
- me_me_me 6y ago
  Yeah, well I have done similar thing. I bought a games that I pirated in the past. I am not saying piracy is great everyone should be doing it. My argument is: I am sometimes lazy and tired after a long day. I want to watch a movie i heard was good. I can spend 15 mins trying to figure out where to watch it or I can pirate it after it doesnt come up in netflix search. but i am not going to pay for 10 subscriptions just soo I can occasionally watch a show.
  - realityking 6y ago
    > I can spend 15 mins trying to figure out where to watch it or I can pirate it after it doesnt come up in netflix search. Almost any movie you care about will be available on iTunes and/or Amazon Video to rent or buy. Do you check those too or is that too much work? Ultimately, your attitude comes off as entitled. If everything you w Any to consume isn’t available as part of one convince the subscription you rather pirate it. That devalues creation. It’s unreasonable to expect all TV and movies ever created to be available for $20/month.
    - me_me_me 6y ago
      > Do you check those too or is that too much work? Who the fuck do you think you are to talk down to me like that? I. Do. Not. Care. If bezos get my $20 or not. How hard is it to understand. > That devalues creation. That is a theoretical guess at best. Game of thrones was the most pirated show ever. Last time I checked they made enough $ to conclude the show. All the big player carved out streaming market and locked it all up via exclusives. They do not compete on quality of experience, UI and feature. They only care about locking in exclusivity to shows. So maybe you get of your high horse and and stop blaming me for not playing corporate FOMO games.

bosie 6y ago

> First of all I am not stealing, you haven't lost anything. So in the future when he provides you with the format you pirated you will purchase it? Despite having pirated it before?

me_me_me 6y ago
Yeah, well I have done similar thing. I bought a games that I pirated in the past. I am not saying piracy is great everyone should be doing it. My argument is: I am sometimes lazy and tired after a long day. I want to watch a movie i heard was good. I can spend 15 mins trying to figure out where to watch it or I can pirate it after it doesnt come up in netflix search. but i am not going to pay for 10 subscriptions just soo I can occasionally watch a show.
- realityking 6y ago
  > I can spend 15 mins trying to figure out where to watch it or I can pirate it after it doesnt come up in netflix search. Almost any movie you care about will be available on iTunes and/or Amazon Video to rent or buy. Do you check those too or is that too much work? Ultimately, your attitude comes off as entitled. If everything you w Any to consume isn’t available as part of one convince the subscription you rather pirate it. That devalues creation. It’s unreasonable to expect all TV and movies ever created to be available for $20/month.
  - me_me_me 6y ago
    > Do you check those too or is that too much work? Who the fuck do you think you are to talk down to me like that? I. Do. Not. Care. If bezos get my $20 or not. How hard is it to understand. > That devalues creation. That is a theoretical guess at best. Game of thrones was the most pirated show ever. Last time I checked they made enough $ to conclude the show. All the big player carved out streaming market and locked it all up via exclusives. They do not compete on quality of experience, UI and feature. They only care about locking in exclusivity to shows. So maybe you get of your high horse and and stop blaming me for not playing corporate FOMO games.