I've done so in the past, and still do if you count videos game. Part of it is a desire for artists to be compensated for their work. I realize they probably see very little - if any - of that money... but... at least it signals they should still be given the means to create and distribute?
I'm also incredibly lazy. Been meaning to look into piracy... but, there's only so much free time and I have a lot of "Been Meaning To"s. Of course, DRM is still a fucking atrocious practice that flies in the face of computing's anarchist roots.
i very much wish for artists to be compensated for their work. and if I can pay them directly I will. I love doing this.
but I will never pay money for a DRMed product, and if I want it, I'll pirate it.
and it feels better to consume freely, like the internet is some sort of free space where we have freedom or something. that is worth so much, not staining every single fucking thing with capitalism.
I've done so in the past, and still do if you count videos game. Part of it is a desire for artists to be compensated for their work. I realize they probably see very little - if any - of that money... but... at least it signals they should still be given the means to create and distribute?
I'm also incredibly lazy. Been meaning to look into piracy... but, there's only so much free time and I have a lot of "Been Meaning To"s. Of course, DRM is still a fucking atrocious practice that flies in the face of computing's anarchist roots.
i very much wish for artists to be compensated for their work. and if I can pay them directly I will. I love doing this.
but I will never pay money for a DRMed product, and if I want it, I'll pirate it.
and it feels better to consume freely, like the internet is some sort of free space where we have freedom or something. that is worth so much, not staining every single fucking thing with capitalism.