“When I was a kid we were lucky if we only had to wait 9 months to rent a theatrical release. The generation before mine had to hope and pray a favorite of theirs would be re-released or air on one of, like, 7 TV channels. ‘I want it now’ is not a real justification for piracy.”

They would do the same if they weren't so old and crusty.

*I'm probably around the same age as this bastard. At least I'm not as crusty.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 52 points 6 months ago (1 children)

With corporations so consistently and vehemently acting in bad faith, I honestly don't think we need a further justification for piracy.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah fuck them, they're not being good citizens of the world anyway

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can identify with that entire statement except for the last sentence. Hell, I'll accept "cuz it's Tuesday" as a valid reason for piracy.

My generation paid a lot for the type of shit that many of y'all take for granted and I think that's fucking fantastic. In fact, let's face it: my generation paid more than enough. Y'all should be stealing everything isn't already given for free by the corporations. If the BaCk iN my DaY squawkers wanna keep paying the poor innocent execs, then fine.

For everyone else, if it ain't nailed down or owned, take it. And if someone hoarded more than they could use in 10 lifetimes, eat them and then take everything. We should never forget what's been taken from us and it's pretty much your duty now to take it all back.

This isn't thievery, this is the fucking bill coming due.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

I'd come to your church.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

meh, it's those of us that are entering into our 50's that drove piracy in the early '90s and '00s. Hell, we were copying floppies in the 80s.

You youngins don't know how lucky you are, we had to push our bits up hill in both directions, in bare feet and the rain

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 6 months ago

My father used to gift me a box of floppies with pirated games on them on Christmas, the next day ritual was checking each of them, 'cause half of them were duds. Still loved it, and I had no concept of piracy or it being wrong.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 months ago

These are the same people that abuse tax loopholes and lobby and shit. I don't pirate but I don't give two shit's on their holier than thou tone.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

I love the notion of: we leu us getting scammed by big corporations like good little puppies and WE LIKED IT.

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 months ago

Old is a state of mind, and these execs are OLD.

[–] Robin_net@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

It's funny they act like piracy didn't exist before the internet. The tools are different and easier to use, but the justifications are the same. People want convenience, so if companies really cared about stopping piracy they would bend over backwards to make their content affordable and easy to access. Releasing only in theaters and/or doing the subscription shuffle is not convenient to the consumer.

[–] dsemy@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not very old, but I remember as a kid my big sister would go to the local market and buy burned copies of movies still in theaters (which were usually a recording someone made of the movie in the theater).

[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

Nice lol.

[–] RiderExMachina@lemmy.ml -2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I'm gonna buy it the moment it comes out in the US because the movie is fucking fantastic, but you do you.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

I already downloaded it and watched it.