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  • Pezevenk [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    You're saying that based on what?

    At this point you are being incoherent. First you say there is a massive propaganda campaign by businesses, then you say most don't really believe it affects sales. If they don't think it affects their sales, why don't they just make paying optional?

    It just makes no sense and I have no idea why people still insists it does. It seems like a weird stupid reddit myth that stuck because they would feel bad for pirating stuff if they thought it hurt sales. Something is literally available for free instead of having to pay for it, of course people will prefer free shit than paying for them. To argue that it somehow doesn't affect sales is like saying that none of the people who pirate things would buy them if piracy wasn't an option, which is such a weird argument and patently false. I guess they just don't remember the time before all the piracy websites?

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      4 years ago

      First you say there is a massive propaganda campaign by businesses, then you say most don’t really believe it affects sales

      You know that even one giant business which believes wacky shit can pump out ridiculous amounts of propaganda, yeah?

      If they don’t think it affects their sales, why don’t they just make paying optional?

      because that would affect their income. piracy, on the other hand, does not.

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        4 years ago

        because that would affect their income. piracy, on the other hand, does not.

        It is literally the exact same shit with piracy, if someone is willing and knows how to pirate something, paying is practically optional for them. And again, the groups unwilling or unable to pirate something are shrinking. I can't believe this is something that has to be explained, if people can get something for free, they will usually try to get it for free instead of paying for it. You're just making stuff up. Businesses know and understand it affects their income, that's why they freak out about piracy that much. I'm not sure why so many people are willing to act like piracy doesn't affect profits at all, it's just such a dumb idea.

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          4 years ago

          the venn diagram of people who would buy your thing and people who will pirate your thing has practically no overlap

          that's why it doesn't affect profits

          • Pezevenk [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            the venn diagram of people who would buy your thing and people who will pirate your thing has practically no overlap

            In what sense is that true? This is such a ridiculous take. Why would that be the case? Do you think the only people who pirate stuff are extremely poor and would never buy it unless they could get it for free? Almost no one wants to pay for something they can just get for free and as time passes, more and more people learn how to pirate stuff and are less afraid to do so. Especially movies. Do you remember DVD rental clubs? Because I do. Do you remember people buying DVDs to watch? Because I do. Guess what all these people are doing now. Even subscription services take a hit, why would I pay money for Netflix and Apple TV and this and that when I can just pirate all the shit they play?

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              4 years ago

              Almost no one wants to pay for something they can just get for free

              and yet, despite piracy being hardly a barrier at all, video games and movies and tv shows still profit

              hmmmmmmmm

              • Pezevenk [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                I literally explained that a thousand times already, jeez.