Why is this a “Life Hack”? Because it saves A LOT of money.
It might be “wrong” to some people, but its not even controvertial for me. I’m bored af, and want more entertainment, the economy (not sure if “economy” is the right word) is fucked up, we don’t get paid enough. I ain’t paying a dime. (Maybe I might if we actually had a living wage, but most us are underpaid 😓)
Copying =/= Theft
Just Do It ✅️ (see what I did? I just “pirated” a trademarked slogan, IDGAF lol)
Also I don’t care about it if it were theft. I’d shoplift too if I could get away with it as easy as with piracy. Use Direct Downloads, or if torrenting, get VPN. VPNs are cheaper than like 10+ subscriptions and you get to keep everything you download, forever. You could also share the cost of VPN with a few of your fellow pirates (if the providers allow multi-device)
Piracy Resources: [email protected] (blocked by lemmy.world instance btw)
I still buy games that I know I will have good time playing from watching gameplay of others. Movies and shows, though, I almost exclusively pirate nowadays. Books are kinda 50/50, I buy them from official bookstores when I want to throw some money at the author I like (like Brandon Sanderson, who also earns bonus points for releasing his books DRM-free).
For my people who can’t afford books. Your library probably has tons of books for free. So what if you don’t get to it right away and make a copy for later?
Piracy
Why is this a “Life Hack”? Because it saves A LOT of money.
It might be “wrong” to some people, but its not even controvertial for me. I’m bored af, and want more entertainment, the economy (not sure if “economy” is the right word) is fucked up, we don’t get paid enough. I ain’t paying a dime. (Maybe I might if we actually had a living wage, but most us are underpaid 😓)
Copying =/= Theft
Just Do It ✅️ (see what I did? I just “pirated” a trademarked slogan, IDGAF lol)
Also I don’t care about it if it were theft. I’d shoplift too if I could get away with it as easy as with piracy. Use Direct Downloads, or if torrenting, get VPN. VPNs are cheaper than like 10+ subscriptions and you get to keep everything you download, forever. You could also share the cost of VPN with a few of your fellow pirates (if the providers allow multi-device)
Piracy Resources: [email protected] (blocked by lemmy.world instance btw)
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I still buy games that I know I will have good time playing from watching gameplay of others. Movies and shows, though, I almost exclusively pirate nowadays. Books are kinda 50/50, I buy them from official bookstores when I want to throw some money at the author I like (like Brandon Sanderson, who also earns bonus points for releasing his books DRM-free).
For my people who can’t afford books. Your library probably has tons of books for free. So what if you don’t get to it right away and make a copy for later?
Not if you buy your own hardware ;)
Still a hack when you repurposed old tech. I can still do stuff with old old hardware.