| ▲ | Jtarii an hour ago | |
Destroying the profit motive would cripple human progress more than paywalls ever could. >If the work was worth anything, it'll get paid back by the thankful reader who can afford to pay. Comically naive. | ||
| ▲ | rng-concern an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Only it's been shown time and time again that piracy does not destroy the profit motive. As a personal anecdote, when I used to pirate things, I still bought things in the same category, ie: I would pirate movies and I still bought movies. I would pirate games and I still bought games. I don't think it affected how much of each thing I purchased by much, but I don't really know. | ||
| ▲ | kjkjadksj an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Most everything on earth is pretty trivial to pirate. And yet… | ||