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> Quite the opposite: as with all piracy, the ones who pirate stuff are also the ones who spend the most money buying the stuff they pirate. (For books there's
by k_roy 2y ago
> Quite the opposite: as with all piracy, the ones who pirate stuff are also the ones who spend the most money buying the stuff they pirate. (For books there's the obvious reason that paper is still by far the best reading experience, but it was also true of DVD, video games, music CDs etc. but these people wouldn't have spent more money if piracy was impossible).
you take a few interesting leaps in a failed attempt of.... trying to turn opinion into fact?
> the ones who pirate stuff are also the ones who spend the most money buying the stuff they pirate.
Uhhh, wot??
Please provide ANY source for this. Really. Like even if it's a blog you wrote and was a creative writing experiment for you, publish it. Just so I can mock you.
> (For books there's the obvious reason that paper is still by far the best reading experience, but it was also true of DVD, video games, music CDs etc. but these people wouldn't have spent more money if piracy was impossible).
So at this point, I hope it's clear that you are a bit silly. But...
> For books there's the obvious reason that paper is still by far the best reading experience
This level of intellectual dishonest is horrible, especially if it's legitimate.
- littlestymaar 2y agoHow do you expect do have any kind of conversation with this behavior? Flagging is the only thing that you'll get.
- k_roy 2y agoAnd how can you expect to have any level of honest discussion if you are going to make insane assertions, with zero backup of anything resembling facts, and then get bent out of shape when called out about it. I'm sorry that I called you intellectually dishonest and you got mad, but it's the truth.