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Rule of owning (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by roon@lemmy.ml to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If buying becomes owning, will people stop pirating?

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

People were more inclined to buy software when it was a one time purchase rather than a license subscription (for example Adobe).

[–] the_best_nerd@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If piracy was stealing I would do it even more

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

Stealing potential profits is no where near as fun as stealing actual profits