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.
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?
Piracy from the big guy who’s exploiting little guys to make and sell products is fair.
Pirating things off the little guy, who’s barely making a living is how the little guys stop making content on their own, and will instead opt to work for the big guy who can guarantee a livelihood, no matter how small. If you think you as a society isn’t contributing to it then just look around.
And It is only getting worse. While you can fantasize about it, indie-anything who get lucky are exceedingly rare for a reason. But you won’t stop removed about how everything from the Big Bad has gone to shit. It couldn’t totally be because everyone thinks they’re entitled to others hard work, because they paid for “the internet”.
But as always, entitled pricks are how we end up on ever more convulsive state of the world, no matter which side you’re on. So carry on, ig.