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I pirate because I refuse to tolerate and fund the rampant dark patterns, blatant lies, getting scammed out of something I paid for that I can't access anymore.

gjsman-1000 3y ago
If you don't want to fund the rampant dark patterns, blatant lies, and scams; there's nobody forcing you to watch their content. Don't have a double standard - either watch their content or don't. Watching movies is not a human right or a necessary feature of survival. Nobody has a human right to watch a movie or play game in the specific way they prefer, even if they can argue for technical superiority of it.
- machinawhite 3y ago
  I'm sure they will instantly delete any pirated content and never commit this heinous crime ever again after reading that.
- DJHenk 3y ago
  This is not about technical superiority. This is about big corporations using their size and money to abuse a market. Watching a movie is not a human right. Selling barely functional products (or non-functional products, or products that destroy perfectly fine and paid for other products, as I have experienced myself) by tactics as dark patterns, blatant lies and scams is not a corporate right. Both sides are in the wrong here. Pretending that one is fine and the other is not is in itself a double standard.
- ipaddr 3y ago
  Advertising encourages watching. Ads are being paid for and shown through other media creating a demand. You are being encouraged to watch the content by the creators of the movie. Now you have a group of people who want to watch. Some of them can afford to watch and pay for it. Some of them can't and won't see it. Some of them can but it's not available so they pirate. Some can but will pirate because it's easier or cheaper. This are all caused by the demand the movie creators paid for. Don't create demand and gaslight people when they want to watch it by saying it isn't necessary for survival. People want to see it because the movie creators are telling them to and they spent money to get people who can't afford or won't pay to want to see the movie
  - SgtBastard 3y ago
    Tiffany’s spends a lot on advertising as well to create demand amongst those that can’t afford their jewellery - this line of thinking is not robust.
    - ipaddr 3y ago
      They have a security guard qt the door to fight the demand they created. They have bars on the windows. Private collectors don't and have more valuable pieces.

gjsman-1000 3y ago

If you don't want to fund the rampant dark patterns, blatant lies, and scams; there's nobody forcing you to watch their content. Don't have a double standard - either watch their content or don't. Watching movies is not a human right or a necessary feature of survival. Nobody has a human right to watch a movie or play game in the specific way they prefer, even if they can argue for technical superiority of it.

machinawhite 3y ago
I'm sure they will instantly delete any pirated content and never commit this heinous crime ever again after reading that.
DJHenk 3y ago
This is not about technical superiority. This is about big corporations using their size and money to abuse a market. Watching a movie is not a human right. Selling barely functional products (or non-functional products, or products that destroy perfectly fine and paid for other products, as I have experienced myself) by tactics as dark patterns, blatant lies and scams is not a corporate right. Both sides are in the wrong here. Pretending that one is fine and the other is not is in itself a double standard.
ipaddr 3y ago
Advertising encourages watching. Ads are being paid for and shown through other media creating a demand. You are being encouraged to watch the content by the creators of the movie. Now you have a group of people who want to watch. Some of them can afford to watch and pay for it. Some of them can't and won't see it. Some of them can but it's not available so they pirate. Some can but will pirate because it's easier or cheaper. This are all caused by the demand the movie creators paid for. Don't create demand and gaslight people when they want to watch it by saying it isn't necessary for survival. People want to see it because the movie creators are telling them to and they spent money to get people who can't afford or won't pay to want to see the movie
- SgtBastard 3y ago
  Tiffany’s spends a lot on advertising as well to create demand amongst those that can’t afford their jewellery - this line of thinking is not robust.
  - ipaddr 3y ago
    They have a security guard qt the door to fight the demand they created. They have bars on the windows. Private collectors don't and have more valuable pieces.