Weird way to use the word dollars but what they're trying to say is correct I think. Piracy doesn't cost money but it does require more of your time and effort, which are valuable
only the initial setup really requires that much time or effort. once you have a vpn, a bittorrent client and a repository you like it's just a few clicks of a button and a search or two away. it takes like 30 seconds for me to go from "i should pirate this" to "this thing is mine now", plus or minus a bit of download time
edit: ofc this is dependent upon having good internet, which is obviously a privilege not everyone has access to or can afford
Weird way to use the word dollars but what they're trying to say is correct I think. Piracy doesn't cost money but it does require more of your time and effort, which are valuable
only the initial setup really requires that much time or effort. once you have a vpn, a bittorrent client and a repository you like it's just a few clicks of a button and a search or two away. it takes like 30 seconds for me to go from "i should pirate this" to "this thing is mine now", plus or minus a bit of download time
edit: ofc this is dependent upon having good internet, which is obviously a privilege not everyone has access to or can afford
Yes, the argument makes sense but it's very marginalist and "end of history"-pilled.