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> I expect Great! You can expect whatever you want. Just as the seller can set whatever terms and price they want. > who is being cheated here? Well, if the
by brookst 4y ago
> I expect
Great! You can expect whatever you want. Just as the seller can set whatever terms and price they want.
> who is being cheated here?
Well, if the seller is clear as about the terms they are willing to sell for, and you just take it without paying, you are the one cheating.
You may have a moral right to cheat because you, I guess, have a right to have everyone offer the deal you expect. But I think it's taking it a bit far to say that not only are you going to take the content without paying, but you also want to feel cheated when doing so.
- internetter 4y ago> and you just take it without paying, you are the one cheating. I think you glossed over the part where I pay for everything I pirate.
- brookst 4y agoNo. The publisher was willing to sell X for $Y. You took X + Z for $Y. I get that you feel entitled to it, and I've certainly pirated stuff for convenience or financial reasons (as a starving college student, there was a lot of $500 - $5000 software that I really needed). But it's disingenuous to play the victim when you're the one not honoring a seller's right to set the terms of sale. Pirate away, by all means, but spare us the nobility.