Well, my friend, he’s kinda poor he can’t afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don’t understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the author or just wants to skim through it, he will download the book.
He usually doesn’t like to pirate from small companies or professors who are trying to make a living by selling books, but from millionaires & plenty of mega corps which already have loads of money, he feels like it’s the right move to pirate
Also, have you ever noticed that you have felt that the value of a product has decreased just because you didn’t pay for it, thus you are less interested to read it? i.e., had you paid for the book, you would have more likely read that book.
He says he will buy stuff when his time is more valuable than money, let’s all hope that day is soon.
What are your piracy habits?
I pirate what I can’t get by reasonable means within my boundaries.
I pay for three streaming providers constantly. If the one series I want to watch is on a fourth provider, they can fuck off and I’ll just download it. Same if the offering gets moved out of a provider I use (because their license expired or whatever).
Games I typically don’t pirate, since Steam is just too damn convenient. Epic Exclusives though… well, if possible I just avoid them.
Most books can be bought via Kindle store so that’s also convenient and I just do that.
Music is basically close to equal on all streaming providers so I am mostly good with that. If something isn’t I either buy them on beatport or just rip them off youtube (so pirate).
I basically live GabeN’s theory: piracy is a service problem. Give to me without having to bend over and I gladly pay. Try to fuck with me and I shrug my shoulders and go elsewhere.