Just fyi:

• performant == effective
• performative == related to artistic/dramatic performance

Lot of armchair philosophists disagreeing with you, but you’re right.

Sure, some people make art for art’s sake. But it doesn’t put food on the table. Like it or not, most popular media is created at least in part as a source of income for the creator.

It’s fine to pirate things if you actually can’t/wouldn’t otherwise engage with the media. But at least be honest with yourself and recognize that you’re stealing income from the creator.

I hope you reconsider your stance cuz you’re making a lot of assumptions about people based on very limited information.

You do you, but throwing out applicants because you think they personally agree with everything their past employers have done is ridiculous.