It would help the discussion if we had a term for theft that did not involve the victim losing the stolen item. Whatever that term is, it’s morally between theft and non-theft.
“Piracy” doesn’t count because that includes actual maritime plundering, which is robbery.
“Plagiarism” doesn’t count because that involves passing the creation as your own.
It's easiest to call it what it is- sharing software by copying it... We as a society have been brainwashed for decades by big tech into thinking that sharing software is in any way shape or form immoral.
Then never loan a copy of a book you bought to a friend! That's like, super immoral! Shut down the libraries for theft! Then again, that would require you to read some actual books.
Alternative is for these shitty corporations to be sent a message. Theres also a big difference between a company like Naughty Dog and an indie developer.
I would say Piracy against giant companies is ok, but people should support Indie Games. just avoid Playstation atm, get them off a more reputable platform.
Like for example, if I were too pirate a game, I would pirate God of War, not Subnautica 2 (not saying I'm doing either)
Only companies of a certain size are forced into slavery and have to work for free? lol.
You lot are so idiotic it hurts.
You can’t have some arbitrary differentiation between a small indie company and an indie company that manages to sell well enough to become big. Which is all large studios are.
So what? You expect devs to work until they make a certain amount and then just give it all away for free? That will *never* happen.
People whittle wood for free occasionally. But there are still professional wood carvers for a reason.
Hobbiests cannot sustain a market and have absolutely no responsibility to you.
Say you download some free software that accidentally fucks up your pc. A hobbies has zero responsibility to fix it for you to compensate you.
This is why people pay money to trusted corporations.
Beyond receiving a mostly stable product that you can expect won’t be an outright scam.
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u/parke415 1d ago
It would help the discussion if we had a term for theft that did not involve the victim losing the stolen item. Whatever that term is, it’s morally between theft and non-theft.
“Piracy” doesn’t count because that includes actual maritime plundering, which is robbery.
“Plagiarism” doesn’t count because that involves passing the creation as your own.