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[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been pirating since I was a child. That being said, I don't think it's particularly healthy to pin 'media pirating' as a personality trait.

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you know what community this is?

[–] fiah@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

participating in a community ≠ making it a lifestyle

[–] spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I think a lot of people in this community consider it a lifestyle to pirate media.

[–] pip@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

If you have money to spend (and THAT much), you can still pirate, but if you pirate without trying to fund the source of your art and tools, you're a mega asshole. Especially if you have as much money as this dude claims to have. You can find the creators of your games online, find their ko-fis, their patreons. Where there's a will there's a way