@mriormro@lemmy.world
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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.

Do you know what community this is?

@fiah@discuss.tchncs.de
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participating in a community ≠ making it a lifestyle

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

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

@mriormro@lemmy.world
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Yes, why?

@phorq@lemmy.ml
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@DrQuint@lemm.ee
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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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My exception is smaller bands with bamdcamp.

Buying from there supports the artists well!

@mriormro@lemmy.world
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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
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191Y

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.

Franzia
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Why not?

@mriormro@lemmy.world
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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
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Oh. Omg you’re so right lol.

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