Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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  • joaomarrom [he/him, comrade/them]
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    11 months ago

    yes but you're stealing from the alternate universe where a company would have earned money for the product you pirated, you sicko

    do you have no empathy for hypothetical stockholders from another dimension?

    • plinky [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      Going through the shop and not buying all the stuff i see: shop owner - that would be 1 million in unrealized profit, thank you very much