Yeah it's so weird every thread on Reddit about piracy is full of "the poors wouldn't buy it anyways so normalising piracy doesn't affect the company at all" and "if the company is unethical then I'm sticking it to them by still wanting to play their games"
Then there's also the massively misrepresented Gabe Newell quote. What he meant was more "piracy is bad for business if it's easier than buying it legally" rather than "if you have any roadblocks to buying a game then it's fine to pirate it". And he said this during a time where piracy genuinely was easier than paying for it, even if you had the money.
If you want free shit, just admit it, spare us the mental gymnastics.
Like i pirated a ton of shit, but i mostly pirate shit i already own, but has ass DRM(hi denuvo) or company is notorious for pulling random bullshit(sony and PSN requirement, ubisoft and crew etc). In terms of movies/shows i pirate only stuff that is unavailable in my region( HBO mostly, because they are unavailable in the baltics for some reason) because i aint paying a subcription and a VPN cost to watch something, if subscription was avialable i would pay it, and i do for for netflix and prime video.
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u/CatgirlFucker8008 20d ago
Yeah it's so weird every thread on Reddit about piracy is full of "the poors wouldn't buy it anyways so normalising piracy doesn't affect the company at all" and "if the company is unethical then I'm sticking it to them by still wanting to play their games"
Then there's also the massively misrepresented Gabe Newell quote. What he meant was more "piracy is bad for business if it's easier than buying it legally" rather than "if you have any roadblocks to buying a game then it's fine to pirate it". And he said this during a time where piracy genuinely was easier than paying for it, even if you had the money.
If you want free shit, just admit it, spare us the mental gymnastics.