• Redredme@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, no.

    The hunt is only fun if you’ve got time to spare.

    Throw in a spouse, kids, good but demanding job, a place to live, social obligations, detoriating (geriatric) parents, and you’re so happy you can just mash one single button and your favourite track, game or series starts to play.

    That’s the reason why people stop pirating. Time.

    When time is not (yet) your most precious resource you can see the fun in anything. Even virus scanning.

      • Rabbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        What are you pirating that makes it so hard? I don’t bother with software or programs so it’s just pretty much looking at what’s newly released and torrenting it.

        Why even pirate if it’s that much of a pain? Pretty much same logic to me a someone who complains about how confusing pc gaming is. I’d point to the consoles.

    • NotSoCoolWhip@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Don’t have kids then. Much more free time.

      I don’t understand

      1. Making the deliberate choice of having kids
      2. Complaining about missing out on other things because of said kids
      • Rabbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Also, complaining about not having time but wasting their time talking to strangers online. I could understand the perspective from someone who doesn’t pirate, but to a pirate it is pretty hilarious seeing them making it out as this incredibly difficult time consuming thing like infomercials do.

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      1 year ago

      and you’re so happy you can just mash one single button and your favourite track, game or series starts to play.

      yes, that’s why I pay for some things and pirate others, because for me pirating is often significantly easier and less time consuming than paying

    • Rabbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      Really? I could understand that point from someone not in the piracy community, but doesn’t seem any more time consuming than posting on lemmy. Not really starved for time if someone is spending their time on social media.

      Mind you I don’t pirate software or games, so maybe that’s why. Pretty much hardest has been waiting for download to finish.

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        1 year ago

        There is stuff worth pirating, stuff which can’t be found through other means or is way overpriced. Stuff like old movies or impossible to legally gather roms.

        For all others: “convenience is king.”

        And you’re smart to not pirate software. The. “no illegal software” rule has saved me many times.