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I am Chinese too and like you, I usually don't bother with pirating since it's a lost of time. > I hope they are not proud about it. But like the parent post

by 1996 6y ago

I am Chinese too and like you, I usually don't bother with pirating since it's a lost of time. > I hope they are not proud about it. But like the parent post I have no shame or guilt in not paying for content. And I'm proud about being clever! It may be a mentality, as I do think people are stupid to pay for a DRM ebook while libgen has it without DRM. But if it takes more than 2 minutes to find it, I buy it.

powerapple 6y ago
Sometimes people don't take responsibility for what they do, they contribute it easily to other factors, such as culture, race or whatever. It is not likely everyone grow up to be responsible at the same age, one day you will change. You can have any excuse you want to have for now. I won't understand people working in the best paid industry and behave like this. For ebooks, there are scribd, kindle, oreiley, and libraries. And to be honest, you probably won't read most of books you downloaded anyway. It is just a waste of your time in the end. At least if you buy it, you will only buy those you are going to read.
- neonological 6y ago
  Why should anyone take responsibility for what they do? There's no obligation for anyone to do that. Some people feel like they should take responsibility, others feel nothing at all. I'm not poor, far from it, yet I still use stremio to stream movies just as conveniently as netflix without paying a dime. It's wrong. There is no way to justify what I'm doing. Yet me and many other people both in America and in China use the app without the need for justification. Don't think that the guilt you feel is something other people feel. I can assure you I feel nothing. It's unfortunate, I recognize it's wrong, but at the same time... I don't actually care. You can vote me down, but I'm being candid here. There are tons of people like me and most of them won't be candid about there apathy towards piracy, so this is a window into our mindset if you're a person who can't relate. If you want to make the world a better place you need to account for bad actors in any model because they can never be fully eliminated.
  - 1996 6y ago
    > Don't think that the guilt you feel is something other people feel. I can assure you I feel nothing. > It's unfortunate, I recognize it's wrong, but at the same time... I don't actually care. Same for me!
  - powerapple 6y ago
    You don't get convenience by not paying for it. Far from it. Money buys you convenience, it buys you time. That's the good thing about money. Once you value your time more than the cost of a subscription, you will just buy it to be honest.
    - neonological 6y ago
      Except I've found resources that make it more convenient. Remember Popcorn time? There's equivalent apps that do the same thing nowadays. Additionally this app has access to movies and series that are available on ALL streaming services. If I wanted to see all that stuff I'd have to buy and sign up for several services. Sure I may buy stuff if it's more convenient. But that's not the issue here. The issue here is that I and many others are capable of cheating and won't shy away from it if a viable opportunity presents itself. Same with pretty much a good chunk of people in China.

by 1996 6y ago

powerapple 6y ago

Sometimes people don't take responsibility for what they do, they contribute it easily to other factors, such as culture, race or whatever. It is not likely everyone grow up to be responsible at the same age, one day you will change. You can have any excuse you want to have for now. I won't understand people working in the best paid industry and behave like this. For ebooks, there are scribd, kindle, oreiley, and libraries. And to be honest, you probably won't read most of books you downloaded anyway. It is just a waste of your time in the end. At least if you buy it, you will only buy those you are going to read.

neonological 6y ago
Why should anyone take responsibility for what they do? There's no obligation for anyone to do that. Some people feel like they should take responsibility, others feel nothing at all. I'm not poor, far from it, yet I still use stremio to stream movies just as conveniently as netflix without paying a dime. It's wrong. There is no way to justify what I'm doing. Yet me and many other people both in America and in China use the app without the need for justification. Don't think that the guilt you feel is something other people feel. I can assure you I feel nothing. It's unfortunate, I recognize it's wrong, but at the same time... I don't actually care. You can vote me down, but I'm being candid here. There are tons of people like me and most of them won't be candid about there apathy towards piracy, so this is a window into our mindset if you're a person who can't relate. If you want to make the world a better place you need to account for bad actors in any model because they can never be fully eliminated.
- 1996 6y ago
  > Don't think that the guilt you feel is something other people feel. I can assure you I feel nothing. > It's unfortunate, I recognize it's wrong, but at the same time... I don't actually care. Same for me!
- powerapple 6y ago
  You don't get convenience by not paying for it. Far from it. Money buys you convenience, it buys you time. That's the good thing about money. Once you value your time more than the cost of a subscription, you will just buy it to be honest.
  - neonological 6y ago
    Except I've found resources that make it more convenient. Remember Popcorn time? There's equivalent apps that do the same thing nowadays. Additionally this app has access to movies and series that are available on ALL streaming services. If I wanted to see all that stuff I'd have to buy and sign up for several services. Sure I may buy stuff if it's more convenient. But that's not the issue here. The issue here is that I and many others are capable of cheating and won't shy away from it if a viable opportunity presents itself. Same with pretty much a good chunk of people in China.