Yeah, I basically stopped pirating entirely despite doing it relentlessly early in life. I still owe Capcom a thousand bucks if I am to pay that one alone back.

The basically part is that I still pirate what little music I need. Fuck the music industry.

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My exception is smaller bands with bamdcamp.

Buying from there supports the artists well!

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I basically do the same. I buy a majority of albums as records from my favorite bands or just bands I want to support.

[–] ColonelSanders@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Yup. Pirating is about filling a need where companies sorely lack in providing services. When a company provides a shitty service or offers no viable alternative to obtaining something I would gladly pay for, pirating bridges that gap.

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Do you know what community this is?

[–] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 78 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

participating in a community ≠ making it a lifestyle

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think a lot of people in this community consider it a lifestyle to pirate media.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 25 points 2 years ago

I think most just don't give a fuck. Definitely not enough fucks to make it a lifestyle.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, why?

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why not?

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because, at the end of the day, we're basically just downloading commodity entertainment. There's nothing directly substantive about that and that's fine. Not everything we do needs to become a direct part of our identity.

[–] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Oh. Omg you're so right lol.