A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money. The survey, conducted by Ipsos, highlights that the high cost of streaming services is a key driver behind this attitude. Links between piracy and organized crime or malware, appear to be of less concern.

29 points

well, before that and for generations, banks printing money was an acceptable way of governments to make rich people richer and all others poorer, so i can fully accept that stealing was learned from govs and the richies there. change how “the successfull” accomplish their successes and you can teach the kids how to live without stealing, keep abuse by gov and richies as is and all the theft is done exactly as ordered by govs and richies, no matter the age.

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17 points

Those are rookie numbers, you’ve got to pump those up.

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167 points

Well, since I don’t own what I buy, I don’t see how pirating is anything other than getting something from a cheaper distributor.

After all, how can I steal something that can’t be owned?

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28 points

You see, streaming is a service and you choosing to not use their service is… uhmm… theft!

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4 points

hahaha such entitlement from them, right?

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5 points

Yeah, I’m just watching/playing the content, I’m fine doing that without the license, which is the paid part anyway, right?

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24 points

That figure’s come down significantly since the age of vikings though

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13 points

“Saving money by” vs “making money by”

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9 points

“A penny saved is a penny earned!”
- Benji F

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7 points

A penny pillaged is a penny earned

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1 point

GET IN THE EVA BENJI!

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People are being exploited and screwed over left and right. Piracy is not even a blip on the radar.

If society was built on moral rules and honest behavior, then maybe people should feel bad about pirating. But this society? Lols.

I struggle to even see the difference from slavery on most days.

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16 points

Even when honest, I can approve the piracy in those days, as companies exploit everything, it acceptable for me.

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When companies treat you as a criminal even when you do try to do everything their way, it really becomes hard to care.

The way many companies act, you’d think they believe that you have to be a sucker to buy/use their own products.

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