I'll start: it wasn't too long ago that one wasn't expected to pay out of one's coked up nose for programs (apps). One used to be able to buy a thing and then own the thing. Vacuum cleaners. Video games. Photoshops. Now one has to sign up for it, enter one's credit card info and fucking pay monthly for some harebrained "service."

And I blame all of you. Probably 9/10ths of you are on apple products and/or are locked into absolutely insane digital ecosystems and you all laid down and took it. All of you fucking libs. You took it, you normalized it, and fuck all of you.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I have a total of zero subscriptions and pirate everything, not because of any moral reason, but because I'm broke lol

    • communism [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      even if i had money i'd still pirate, if i want to watch a movie i want to click a file and watch it not have to check each different subscription service and then watch it in low bitrate 1080p

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        I pirate movies despite having money for this exact reason, when you pay you get a garbage user experience and unskippable ads. I will do anything to avoid advertising I fucking hate it

        • 0xACAB [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          get Bluray remuxes, they mostly have them, otherwise get the Bluray rip, it will definitely have it

        • communism [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          on the website i use you can still get the commentaries as an additional audio track embedded in the file but if you want the bts stuff you need to download the full rip which is a pain.

    • Gorn [they/them,he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I don't have good enough internet to not pirate haha, I can't stream shit here. Also, fuck corporations. If it was as easy to steal all the shit I need from corporations as it is to pirate, I would never buy again.

      I occasionally buy indie games tho cuz: 1) they're indie; 2) they're often not on the pirate scene; 3) they're often on sale for like a dollar haha