• mriormro@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve been pirating since I was a child. That being said, I don’t think it’s particularly healthy to pin ‘media pirating’ as a personality trait.

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      11 months ago

      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
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        11 months ago

        My exception is smaller bands with bamdcamp.

        Buying from there supports the artists well!

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          11 months 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.

    • Colonel Sanders@lemmy.world
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      11 months 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.