RE: Why we all love piracy
May 6, 2014 at 6:45 pm
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2014 at 6:52 pm by MindForgedManacle.)
I don't have a problem piracy. I don't myself pirate, unless you count emulating 20-year old games pirating. The reason I do so is because the relevant companies (say, Nintendo, etc.) have business practices that are stupid and just exploit their consumers, such as rereleasing the same classic games for dowload in each console generation, for the same price, and with no option of having the already purchased games movable to their new hardware. So am I going to buy Super Mario Bros. 3 for, what, the 4th or 5th time so they can milk me for the same content? No, because they've already made their money off of me for the game, and their inability to make things convenient for their consumers by having the content transferable to the consumer's other devices is ridiculous and inhibitive.
And if you're going to make the argument that they're loosing money because I do this, consider this to see how ridiculous you sound:
Can car and oil companies reasonably complain that they're both loosing money to car-pooling and public transportation because if those people had bought their own cars and filled them up with gas they'd have made the money they were owed? No, and that's analogous to pirating as far as I can see. The whole reason people car-pool or take public transportation is because for many it's far more efficient, convenient and saves the consumer money when compared to purchasing their own car and filling it up with gas. Hence why car companies don't tend to remove more seats from their vehicles because they'd probably start loosing money because how many peoplemare going to be buying a car with a single seat?
The whole point of pirating is really the convenience factor. You don't get milked by immoral and usually lazy business practices and the content is more portable. Companies that make their services like such make more money. Those that don't are NOT loosing money they're owed, they're loosing money they were never going to get given what they chose to produce.
And if you're going to make the argument that they're loosing money because I do this, consider this to see how ridiculous you sound:
Can car and oil companies reasonably complain that they're both loosing money to car-pooling and public transportation because if those people had bought their own cars and filled them up with gas they'd have made the money they were owed? No, and that's analogous to pirating as far as I can see. The whole reason people car-pool or take public transportation is because for many it's far more efficient, convenient and saves the consumer money when compared to purchasing their own car and filling it up with gas. Hence why car companies don't tend to remove more seats from their vehicles because they'd probably start loosing money because how many peoplemare going to be buying a car with a single seat?
The whole point of pirating is really the convenience factor. You don't get milked by immoral and usually lazy business practices and the content is more portable. Companies that make their services like such make more money. Those that don't are NOT loosing money they're owed, they're loosing money they were never going to get given what they chose to produce.
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