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You’re conflating cheap with copyright violation, which is a bit disingenuous in an attempt I guess to guilt people for wanting to buy a cheap book. It’s fine

You’re conflating cheap with copyright violation, which is a bit disingenuous in an attempt I guess to guilt people for wanting to buy a cheap book. It’s fine to want a cheap book, want to support the publisher/author with a legit purchase, and not care about supporting a bookstore. Not everyone who likes books cares to keep alive the industry of physical books and bookstores.

bee_rider 4y ago
What is "fine" is a values judgement. I would say that there's a continuum that goes from downloading an unapproved copy (worst) to buying the book at a local bookstore (best), and buying from Amazon instead sits somewhere in the middle. Somebody else might find the whole publishing industry gross, and decide the most moral choices are to either pirate the book or buy a secondhand copy.
- 867-5309 4y ago
  >buy a secondhand copy the site's cheapest appear to be exactly that. not only is secondhand the cheapest legal, but also the greenest
- kortilla 4y ago
  >would say that there's a continuum that goes from downloading an unapproved copy (worst) to buying the book at a local bookstore (best), Because you’re still fixated on bookstores, which tons of people don’t give a shit about. You’re incorrectly putting stuff on a one-dimensional continuum. >or buy a secondhand copy. Being a secondary market participant supports a market. If you don’t want to support publishers, it must be pirated.
socialismisok 4y ago
I'm not trying to guilt anyone. Some folks need to optimize for cheap. What I'm trying to say is that cheap might not be the best general metric, and laying out reasoning behind that. I try to avoid saying that someone is bad for choosing cheap, and if I did earlier, I apologize. The goal is to say, "here are some conditions to consider when making a decision".

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You’re conflating cheap with copyright violation, which is a bit disingenuous in an attempt I guess to guilt people for wanting to buy a cheap book. It’s fine

by kortilla 4y ago

bee_rider 4y ago
What is "fine" is a values judgement. I would say that there's a continuum that goes from downloading an unapproved copy (worst) to buying the book at a local bookstore (best), and buying from Amazon instead sits somewhere in the middle. Somebody else might find the whole publishing industry gross, and decide the most moral choices are to either pirate the book or buy a secondhand copy.
- 867-5309 4y ago
  >buy a secondhand copy the site's cheapest appear to be exactly that. not only is secondhand the cheapest legal, but also the greenest
- kortilla 4y ago
  >would say that there's a continuum that goes from downloading an unapproved copy (worst) to buying the book at a local bookstore (best), Because you’re still fixated on bookstores, which tons of people don’t give a shit about. You’re incorrectly putting stuff on a one-dimensional continuum. >or buy a secondhand copy. Being a secondary market participant supports a market. If you don’t want to support publishers, it must be pirated.
socialismisok 4y ago
I'm not trying to guilt anyone. Some folks need to optimize for cheap. What I'm trying to say is that cheap might not be the best general metric, and laying out reasoning behind that. I try to avoid saying that someone is bad for choosing cheap, and if I did earlier, I apologize. The goal is to say, "here are some conditions to consider when making a decision".