• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Option one: pay for game, some money goes to publisher, some goes to creators

    Option two: pirate game, no money goes to anyone

    Which one helps the creators?

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      9 months ago

      Option three: Donate to creator or buy something directly from them to help offset the cost of pirating.

      Pirates: Nah I’m good fam. I just want free shit because I’m too poor and don’t get paid enough.

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        9 months ago

        A donation or purchasing something else doesn’t legally or morally entitle you to owning an unrelated product made by the creator though…

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            9 months ago

            Unless the creator gives you their approval, it’s a donation that you can’t assume gives you the right to their product.

            It’s funny the mental gymnastic you guys will do to justify your choices and make you feel like you’re morally right.

            By the way, I don’t believe for one second that you’ve sent donations to all the creators of which you’ve pirated content.

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              9 months ago

              You’re equating the law with morality. They differ sometimes.

              And yes, personally as soon as I had the money I purchased (or rather leased) everything I pirated and used past a standard trial period. Except for a few indie albums whose creators I couldn’t find. Except for age of empires, now I think if it. I’ll go buy it tonight.

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                9 months ago

                Even from a moral point of view, would you work for your employer if they told you “You won’t get a salary but I promise that when things are financially better in a few years I will pay you back!” and a fairly substantial % of employers would do that but in the end only a minority would keep their promise?

                Sounds nice, right?

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          9 months ago

          it’s immoral to prevent people from sharing tools or stories or songs or skills. i’m entitled to enjoy whatever someone wants to share with me.

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        9 months ago

        You realise that the screenshot you shared tells you to buy from real platforms first and foremost?

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        You realize that the developers all got paid before the game was even released, right? They were getting paychecks the whole time.

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          9 months ago

          Game wasn’t complete.

          For downvoters here: they still did not deliver everything that was promised during crowdfunding campaign. And with scale of layoffs I’m not sure they can.