Metaright

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Alternative take: Piracy is, at worst, morally neutral, and does not have a significant adverse effect on the profits of the people who produce media.

Calm down.

This is your world on late-stage capitalism.

I think we might be doomed.

I missed it! What did it say?!

I missed it! What did it say?!

If Reddit moderators only removed content for the sake of keeping things on topic, people wouldn’t hate the place so much. There’s a reason the mods over there are so universally maligned, and it’s not because they’re beacons of rationality and objective reasoning.

I’ve never heard of Epiphany before. Anyone here have input?

I suspect your story is not unusual. Piracy is, at worst, a morally neutral action.

Oh, that person was definitely insulting people and accusing them of addiction, and it wasn’t cool at all. I just think the whole “let people enjoy things” retort is ridiculous and overdone.

I see. My apologies for misunderstanding you.

More clarification would be helpful, I agree.

the same way each other digital storefront does

I’m not sure if I’m understanding you correctly, but “everyone else is doing evil too” is not an incredibly effective defense against doing evil.

Rights are not a purely legal concept. You can have rights that are not codified by law.

How about letting people enjoy things?

How is this person’s criticism preventing you from enjoying things?

I bet the Deck has a lot to do with this.

I agree, human.

I append “site:Reddit.com” (I know, I know) to basically every search I perform. It’s the only reliable way at this point to see things written genuinely by real people.

To be honest, I would be really tempted to do this if I could afford it and guarantee that it would kickstart a YouTube career.

How would that possibly work?