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ngl me personally i never pay for media (except very rarely a good book i want for my shelf after reading it). if i can't pirate something i just don't consume
by collegeburner 4y ago
ngl me personally i never pay for media (except very rarely a good book i want for my shelf after reading it). if i can't pirate something i just don't consume it. like, there's so much media now no single piece is worth that much.
in other words nobody is losing out on anything because i pirate. the alternative (which sometimes happens when i can't find it) is they still get nothing.
i don't think people realize how much they spend on media, like lots of my friends are spending $25/mo on video streaming plus another $10 for music. like sports? add espn, another $10. like ufc? add more for pay per view. big reader? another $20/month easy. read lots of news? they all want "just" $10/month or whatever even though most people aren't reading all of one paper like they used to, just a few articles from each.
am i gonna spend $700/yr for media? hell naw.
- scarface74 4y agoBut you value it enough to pirate it. If it was of no value to you, then why pirata it?
- collegeburner 4y agoi mean i got really good at piracy as a kid so it's easy. i value it somewhere between the sale price ($10 or whatever) and what i'd pay (idk $1?). like, i don't feel like i'd pay more than $5-10 a month for all my media, it's just not worth more than that to me. because tbh i'm not a huge media consumer (mostly music and books, and a lot of that is old stuff i already have). so anything priced more than the percentage of my media consumption it represents times like $5 isn't worth it to buy. so if i can pirate it i do, nobody loses. if i can't i just don't consume the media.
- scarface74 4y agoYou’re not a huge “media consumer” yet you consume media you pirate?