(i’m also gonna ambush my friends about Signal on sunday and coerce them to download it to get rid of the green bubbles)
I’m so paranoid I would never talk about that over SMS. 😂
you can pirate games but don't jerk yourself off about it, you don't have to justify downloading video games as media preservation to not be a bad person because of it
i’m also gonna ambush my friends about Signal on sunday
A bit late if you already told a commercial company about your piracy, as well
Your reminder that Nintendo 64 games on the Nintendo Switch are using an open source emulator that Nintendo has not contributed to or endorsed in anyway, and is believed to be using game ROMs collected by preservationists.
Corporations using open source projects to maximize profits is very common.
Look guys, you don't need to justify your piracy. There is nothing ethically wrong with pirating media.
Anticonsumer practices are justification enough. If someone has a childish response of "uR sTeaLiNg!!", give them an equally childish retort and tell them to eat your farts.
You pirate to preserve media.
I pirate because I like pissing off billion dollar conglomerates.
We are not the same.
I’d argue that indeed we do as a community need to justify our actions. Mainstream knowledge and media label us as close to thieves and criminals. People need to realize we just want to share bits and bytes across the internet, and we are stewards of media preservation and freedom of information. As cracking down piracy become normalized, it’s even more important to have a voice in society, and reassure people that what we’re doing is morally grounded
"It's expensive, but I still want everything, so I pirated it. Seems pretty justified."
Look, I've pirated a ton in my life, but this whole "This is actually a noble pursuit" is such a load of fucking horse shit. We want something and don't want to pay the price that is required to get it, so we take it. The best part is "preserving" it, because we all know that when this guy is done playing, it will be deleted and he'll never think of it again.
Also not true, i seed in i2p
And also, leechers help in media preservation as well. The more copies there are of media, the more likely it will be preserved well into the future. Even if they dont seed now, just having and spreading copies of media definitely does help in media preservation
Let them know. Let them send their letters. I’m running out of toilet paper to wipe my ass with
Idk abour other people but i pirate everything first and if its good i buy it. I pirated a bunch of games back in the day and bought the good ones. Terraria, geometry dash, minecraft, etc(can you tell i played on mobile lol)
