The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you’ve already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

  • iamtherealwalrus@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’ve seen this quote repeated over and over these past few weeks, while noone brothers to actually explain what it means and why. This article is no different unfortunately.

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      11 months ago

      People want at the same time that wages are higher but they also do not want to pay, for example, software developers appropriately.

      No one wants to be part of the problem, though. So some people justify their copyright infringing by claiming it’s some sort of movement for justice and rebellion against corporations.

      • calm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        Have you ever bought something online (movies, games) that you can’t save/download and then the company you have the money to removed that? That is stealing from you. Simple.