I tried explaining this to le epic wholesome chungus Keanu 100 redditors on the cyberpunk subreddit, and they quite literally could not understand that you are not hurting their favorite corporation by pirating it when you weren't going to buy it anyway. If I was not going to give them my money (which wouldn't be going to the employees anyways), and then I did something else which ALSO didn't give them my money, they did not lose any of my money. Even if that thing was pirating their broken game.
Okay but either I don't buy it and don't watch it or I don't buy it and watch it.
Neither process involves you getting my money.
I tried explaining this to le epic wholesome chungus Keanu 100 redditors on the cyberpunk subreddit, and they quite literally could not understand that you are not hurting their favorite corporation by pirating it when you weren't going to buy it anyway. If I was not going to give them my money (which wouldn't be going to the employees anyways), and then I did something else which ALSO didn't give them my money, they did not lose any of my money. Even if that thing was pirating their broken game.
But one of those processes involves you not being punished for not spending money/being poor and that's actually what they care about.