I wrote this a long time ago, but I think it’s still pertinent
It’s YOUR DUCKING SACRED MORAL DUTY TO PIRATE AND PRESERVE EVERYTHING GOOD THAT YOU CAN FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. ONLY YOU CAN SAVE HUMANITY’S LEGACY
Take what you can’t afford, support what you can, share if you dare, and do not trade for money.
In a perfect world, every dollar we spend goes right to the creators who made the creation.
I would support musicians more if I knew my money was going straight to them. But a lot of the time, they aren’t, so I pirate out of spite against the labels for robbing the musicians through contract, how much they get.
I would support movies more if I knew my money was going straight to them. But a lot of the time, they aren’t, so I buy movies second-hand from thrift stores and not the studios themselves.
I would support games much more if I knew my money was going straight to them. But a lot of the time, they mostly aren’t. So I buy games dirt cheap and occasionally pirate.
well if you want to support directly an artist almost all of them have a bandcamp page
I’ve actually been on a spree of buying games lately, supporting smaller developers. Still won’t buy from Ubisoft/EA/Activision-Blizzard though.
I find it interesting that you end with the benefits of free to play games since those tend to be heavy on micro transactions, or over powered purchasable gear. Do you not worry that the transition to free to play games will also usher in an era of incomplete until packages are purchased games?
