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Alternative take: Piracy is, at worst, morally neutral, and does not have a significant adverse effect on the profits of the people who produce media.

Calm down.

I think you misunderstand the original author’s point.

That must have been devastating. I’m sorry to hear that.

I am 26 and have been in the workforce for a few years.

In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire?

Yes, except for the fact that you and I will not be able to retire.

I wish companies would stop with subscription models.

This is your world on late-stage capitalism.

Paying for her cab fare home sounds reasonably polite.

Elaborate.

I’ve never heard of Epiphany before. Anyone here have input?

I would like to know this for KBin as well.

I suspect your story is not unusual. Piracy is, at worst, a morally neutral action.

Oh, that person was definitely insulting people and accusing them of addiction, and it wasn’t cool at all. I just think the whole “let people enjoy things” retort is ridiculous and overdone.

I see. My apologies for misunderstanding you.

More clarification would be helpful, I agree.

the same way each other digital storefront does

I’m not sure if I’m understanding you correctly, but “everyone else is doing evil too” is not an incredibly effective defense against doing evil.

Rights are not a purely legal concept. You can have rights that are not codified by law.

How about letting people enjoy things?

How is this person’s criticism preventing you from enjoying things?

I bet the Deck has a lot to do with this.

Lemmy is so much better than Reddit! Anyway, the admins of this instance are deciding what you’re allowed to see, just like Reddit.