db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agoCan Software Piracy Be Justified?www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down110
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkCan Software Piracy Be Justified?www.youtube.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareTrilobite@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down8·6 days agoIt’s always moral to steal from billionaires
minus-squarequirzle@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down3·6 days 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-up5·6 days 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.