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“Is using PaywallSkip legal?” is in the FAQs, but not “Is using PaywallSkip ethical?” Why do we feel so entitled to other people’s work as soon as it’s publish

“Is using PaywallSkip legal?” is in the FAQs, but not “Is using PaywallSkip ethical?” Why do we feel so entitled to other people’s work as soon as it’s published on the internet? When Homer Simpson reads magazines at the convenience store without paying, we understand that he’s behaving poorly. Why do we feel differently now?

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austinjp 2y ago
Because the corner store has, in many cases, become a gigantic multinational monster that exploits the authors and the readers.
mathgeek 2y ago
> When Homer Simpson reads magazines at the convenience store without paying A more specific example would be ripping off the plastic packaging to read a magazine. The ones without extra packaging are designed and for a long time expected to be browsed.
jampekka 2y ago
> Why do we feel so entitled to other people’s work as soon as it’s published on the internet? Because intellectual property is a broken and harmful system.
salviati 2y ago
I tried to subscribe to an online newspaper in my country. Subscription was very easy. When I wanted to end it, they made it purposefully hard for me to do. I think it's unacceptable, and should be outlawed: the process to unsubscribe should be as hard (or easy) as the one to subscribe. Since newspapers (at least that specific one) have no problem doing this as long as it's legal, why should the public be more observant of ethics?
- freefaler 2y ago
  If Revolut is available in your country, create a new virtual card for each subscription and when you can't/don't want to pay them anymore just cancel the card in Revolut.
  - newswasboring 2y ago
    Also works with wise (used to be transfer wise).
lynx23 2y ago
Its the old leftist anarchism attitude, stealing from someone bigger then you is no crime. Why? Because the system is evil anyways, so no need to play nice. Its starts with people grabbing a newspaper from the stand, and not throwing in the coins. And from there, its uphill... Some people think its totally fine to install a specific app to bypass youtube ads, instead of buying premium. 30 years ago, these people were cracking pay tv with their computers. And it was cool! P.S.: I am only reporting, this is not my attitude.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y ago
  >some people think it’s okay to install a specific app to bypass youtube ads My god man with the way those things have been trending it makes you a saint lol
- OutOfHere 2y ago
  > stealing from someone bigger [than] you is no crime. Although it's finely said, in a related worldview, I would adapt it to say: > stealing from a publicly traded corporation is not a crime because they're not a person anyway This takes away the pain inflicted on someone when stealing from that individual. Traded corporations carry no pain.

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austinjp 2y ago

Because the corner store has, in many cases, become a gigantic multinational monster that exploits the authors and the readers.

mathgeek 2y ago

> When Homer Simpson reads magazines at the convenience store without paying A more specific example would be ripping off the plastic packaging to read a magazine. The ones without extra packaging are designed and for a long time expected to be browsed.

jampekka 2y ago

> Why do we feel so entitled to other people’s work as soon as it’s published on the internet? Because intellectual property is a broken and harmful system.

salviati 2y ago

I tried to subscribe to an online newspaper in my country. Subscription was very easy. When I wanted to end it, they made it purposefully hard for me to do. I think it's unacceptable, and should be outlawed: the process to unsubscribe should be as hard (or easy) as the one to subscribe. Since newspapers (at least that specific one) have no problem doing this as long as it's legal, why should the public be more observant of ethics?

freefaler 2y ago
If Revolut is available in your country, create a new virtual card for each subscription and when you can't/don't want to pay them anymore just cancel the card in Revolut.
- newswasboring 2y ago
  Also works with wise (used to be transfer wise).

lynx23 2y ago

Its the old leftist anarchism attitude, stealing from someone bigger then you is no crime. Why? Because the system is evil anyways, so no need to play nice. Its starts with people grabbing a newspaper from the stand, and not throwing in the coins. And from there, its uphill... Some people think its totally fine to install a specific app to bypass youtube ads, instead of buying premium. 30 years ago, these people were cracking pay tv with their computers. And it was cool! P.S.: I am only reporting, this is not my attitude.

BriggyDwiggs42 2y ago
>some people think it’s okay to install a specific app to bypass youtube ads My god man with the way those things have been trending it makes you a saint lol
OutOfHere 2y ago
> stealing from someone bigger [than] you is no crime. Although it's finely said, in a related worldview, I would adapt it to say: > stealing from a publicly traded corporation is not a crime because they're not a person anyway This takes away the pain inflicted on someone when stealing from that individual. Traded corporations carry no pain.