db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 months agoCan Software Piracy Be Justified?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square84linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down110
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkCan Software Piracy Be Justified?www.youtube.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square84linkfedilink
minus-squareTrilobite@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down9·4 months agoIt’s always moral to steal from billionaires
minus-squarequirzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down3·4 months agoI agree, but software piracy isn’t stealing from anyone. Stealing definitively requires depriving someone of their own stuff. Piracy is more akin to a massive crowdsourced library. We’re all just helping to share the burden of hosting costs.
minus-squareHiggs boson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoMost Billionaires don’t write much code.
It’s always moral to steal from billionaires
I agree, but software piracy isn’t stealing from anyone.
Stealing definitively requires depriving someone of their own stuff. Piracy is more akin to a massive crowdsourced library. We’re all just helping to share the burden of hosting costs.
Most Billionaires don’t write much code.