• rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    10 months ago

    You block ads because of privacy.

    I block ads to cause the greatest amount of financial damage, purely out of spite.

    We are not the same.

      • TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
        21·
        10 months ago

        Yeah that’s my whole thing with ads, I understand monetization is necessary but it’s gotten so far out of fucking hand

        • Mr Fish@lemmy.world
          14·
          10 months ago

          I agree. Small, non-intrusive banner ads with an easy close button are fine. They get the message across without getting in anyone’s way.

          The problem is the ads that stop you from doing anything for the best part of a minute. I don’t see how anyone has ever been convinced to buy whatever product is being advertised by these, but somehow, they’re the ones that are everywhere.

  • li10@lemmy.ml
    423·
    10 months ago

    I don’t know why some people sugar coat it.

    I’d pirate anyway because I don’t wanna spend money, and so would a lot of people who instead choose to hide behind excuses.

    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world
      312·
      10 months ago

      I have seen these big long winded speeches about how immoral it is to sell copyrighted material and how some dumb shit like spiderman should fall under the ‘free sharing of ideas to better humanity’ and blah blah blah.

      Bro. We are thieves. We are stealing because its easy and the products cost too much.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      184·
      10 months ago

      It also depends on who’s behind the product. Good indie game with one or a few developers - never. Adobe - I consider it a moral obligation.

  • aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    201·
    10 months ago

    obligatory “if buying isn’t owning, then pirating isn’t stealing”

    and also there’s a moral argument for data preservation here somewhere

  • notannpc@lemmy.world
    16·
    10 months ago

    I just enjoy having 1 app to browse the content I want to watch instead of a dozen different apps that suck in their own special ways.

  • Kedly@lemm.ee
    8·
    10 months ago

    Why not both? I dont NEED 90% of the forgeries I download, but a good 60-80% of them I’d still pay for if digital media ownership wasnt such a fucking shit show right now. Treat me with respect as a customer or I’ll fucking fly the flag, I’m not a sack of money you can punch to get money out of it because you’re too fucking lazy to get some respectfully

    • Astro@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I literally got a movie called “Cocaine Shark” like last month because of the title alone lol. It’s a terrible movie, but hey, it’s about a killr shark high on coke.

      • Kedly@lemm.ee
        2·
        10 months ago

        Have you seen cocaine bear? Are we getting a Cocaine Cinematic Universe?

        • Astro@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          As far as I know, it was made as a ripoff film, like how Asylum makes shitty movies thst are like popular properties, but not quite.

          • Kedly@lemm.ee
            2·
            10 months ago

            I figured, but to be fair, Cocaine Bear was basically just a well done B movie, so it could only be a TECHNICAL difference! =P

  • thantik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    I pirate because I was taught to pirate from a young age. My dad brought home a copy of DOOM from his friend, my aunt rented VHS’s from Blockbuster and copied TF out of them and let friends borrow them. Every Windows OS I’ve installed we’ve reused CD keys. And now, I download movies/tv shows for my kids to watch so they aren’t inundated with ads. But…I buy the things that are worth it. I’ve bought my kids all the Five-Nights games because they enjoyed them. My steam library is FILLED with humble-bundles from Indy artists and games that were lovingly made by their creators like BG3, Enshrouded, Nightingale, etc. But I also have a Nintendo switch that’s cracked WIIIIDE open because fuck Nintendo. Also fuck Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Activision (RIP Blizzard), Apple, and I’m sure I’ll come up with more later. Oh yeah, and FUCK NESTLE.