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>>qainsi+(OP)
I feel piracy today is pretty morally excused.

>>figass+O
I don’t. I know there are things that people expect me to pay money for and I feel bad about taking things that I know I shouldn’t.

And I don’t subscribe to the “but my HTTP requests” rationalization that’s so common here on HN.

>>paulco+2a
> I know there are things that people expect me to pay money for

If the deal is I give the seller money and get the product, that's fine. But if next month the seller says actually now even though you're paying me I'm going to show you ads anyways, or yeah you gave me money but I've decided to take back the product without refunding you[0]... it is easy to become sympathetic to pirates.

[0] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/playstation-is-erasi...