Why do People pay for consoles and steam and spotify and books and movies when you can just pirate the thing?
>>541471107>give developer/artist money for media you like>they produce more such media
>>541471107im not interested in harming people i like. like proletariat at wube software.
>>541471211>voting with the wallet works>I'll just outspend the other side which can create money out of thin airNeger please.the truth is most people are to stupid to operate a real computer or are lazy and prefer the convenience of goyflix.
>>541471541>voting with the wallet worksyes it actually works.
>>541471107Why do people pay for food when you can just grow your own?
>>541471541why would anyone make games if all gamers were commie homosexuals like you?
>>541471107because some of know you need to pay artists to create art
>>541471783Germans*
>>541471211>give publisher money>they take 30 to 80% cut for themselves>then government takes 30 to 50% cut for what’s left>from both publisher and author>you could have pirated the thing and donated to author instead>but you chose to support jews instead of authors
>>541471107>be me>trying to play fallout 3>it doesnt launch on steam>I pirate it>it crashes upon killing any enemy>I boot up my xbox>launch fallout 3>it just worksbecause ancient games just dont work, I pirate anything singleplayer and buy multiplayer games
>>541471107zoomers and younger can't piratethey don't even know what a directory or .exe is they can only finger tap large colorful tiles
>>541471107-pirate to see if it's worth anything-buy if it ishas worked for me for decades
foolish to just blindly buy anything
>>541471107I like owning physical books. And im not a poorfag
>>541471107What is pirating a gaming console? Throwing a rock into the bestbuy window and walking out with one?
>>541471959Foolish for poor people but not for average normal well adjusted people
>>541471541You types always frustrate me. You see your own actions alone do nothing and instead of assuming you're in a minority you assume the system doesn't work as it's intended to.Very self-centered ego-driven world view.
>>541471841>80%maybe in riceland.
>>541472037>>541471926have a (You) since that's all you seem to want
>>541472059but anon, the system here does not work
>>541471841>sell yourself to kikes for instant profit>get kiked>surprised pikachu face
They respect property rights and aren't broke. Only the poor and pariahs commit piracy, the rare rich people who do just do it out of pettiness similar to the housewife who steals chocolates from the store despite being more than able to afford them
either hollywood absorbs the bombs with zero course correction or they just buy a bunch of tickets themselves, get 50% of it back immediately, write the rest off as a marketing expense, and go back to making the same kind of shit that just failed
>>541471107I pirate all my media, except indie dev games on steam.
>>541472247did you ever consider that not using the memeflag might get more hits from fewer people seeing you coming than announcing loudly to everyone that you think of yourself as a troll, and can thus be ignored
>>541471993Modchipping or jailbreaking it
>>541472317Same but the opposite. I only pirate indie trash, pay for AAA games
>>541472101Yes, you’re right. Some print book publishers take 95% of the sales price.
>>541471107My wife is so stupid she can't keep track of her installations and saves, can't download them herself and is convinced it runs slower. So she has a 200 bucks bi-monthly steam stipend. I love her very much but boomer levels of computer skills
>>541472704Women are retarded
Nobody who downloads a book should be taken seriously, these are people who mostly read social media posts, 4chan and Reddit is basically the same thing at this point, it's just two groups of drooling retards who exist in two identical bubbles that hate each other, but in the case of 4chan also don't have to pretend not to hate everyone else they post with because only the janitors and mods and other fed adjacent unpaid retards know which poster is which while only the real feds get to look at our files
>>541472889Cool post retard
>>541472889>only the janitors and mods and other fed adjacent unpaid retards know which poster is which while only the real feds get to look at our files>nobody could possibly recognize the posting styles of other people that post every day
spend a year on some altchan that has like 9 people on it tops, anonymity flies out the window
>>541472059You types always frustrate me. You see your own actions alone do nothing to shape the cultural landscape and instead of assuming you're in a minority you assume the goycattle aren't adopting the pre-approved opinions they're intended to.Very self-centered ego-driven world view.
>>541471107because those things are very cheap compared to other hobbies such as gambling, drugs, cars, or strippers. I used to go into GameStop with $20 and walk out with 3 or 4 games.
>>541471107>confused retard noisesThere was a time when the legitimately purchased product was superior to piracy.
>>541471107>>541471541frankly this, it's weird in futuristic year of 2026 but apple stocks don't liepeople are retarded
>>541471107I want to support people that make things I like you rock bottom NIGGER child.
>>541471107Because I support the artists and I want to keep them going.>console steamAlso I have bought physical boxes with the CD stolen. I have lost CD or scratched a disc. I have never had that problem with digital.
>>541472431You still have to buy the actual console though.
>>541471211No. Artists are overwhelmingly leftie fags and I will not be supporting them.
>>541473618This. It's why I fucking love AI
>>541473559I've never had a physical disc disappear when the company went underthat's a real threat now, not just going under but they can suddenly decide out of nowhere to pull the media you paid for with zero refund or replacement, and it's in the TOS that they can do thiswhy I will never use steam, idgaf if they rarely do it just the notion that I can spend several hundred dollars in digital media just to have it yanked at whim and lose all that money is absolutely ridiculous
>>541473691>has no ability to discern realityIs this a joke?
>>541471107Cuz they are tech illiterate despite carrying ARM computers around in their pockets all day
>>541474256it's not hard, I used to pirate movies and shows all the time when I was a kid in high school. then I grew up and I realized it felt cheap and dirty to do that, I preferred having a big shelf where I could admire my collection instead of a folder on a computer.
>>541471905Yep clueless tardsMillenials and Gen X are the best generationsGen Alpha is tbd but mediocre so far, can't even write in cursive or say "Goodbye" before hanging up a phone call.
>>541474480>say "Goodbye"Do you exclusively converse with introverts? Why is a normie faggot like you on 4chan?
>>541471107I don't pirate games because I don't want some sophisticated virus I can't detect. I also just watch movies on free streams.
>>541471211No they don't. Being loyal to companies is BS. Developers always are greedy and will always betray you. If you give them nothing, then you won't feel betrayed. I can't stand knowing that people get one over on me so I won't allow them to.
>>541471541I've not downloaded music since the limewire days it's been so long.
>>541471541Most people think they are proficient but they download viruses when they torrent and then are surprised when their accounts get hacked or their credit cards get spoofed. Most people don't mess with it because they are smart enough to know that it's a risk.
>>541471107can any anons link me to wii games, i got one for my kids recently.
>>541474554Nigger, it's etiquette, and a practical way for both parties to signal neither has anything else to say on the call and that it can end. The number of times I've had someone hang up on me, because they were apparently done with whatever they said, even when I was required to give them some information over the phone and in the process of doing so, is kind of ridiculous.
>>541471107>Why do People pay for consoles and steam and spotify and books and movies when you can just pirate the thing?Honestly? Most stuff is crap... not worth pirating. And if something is good, do you really want the crack.exe bullshit on your PC? That's how a lot of people ended up in the Epstein files, not sure who needs to hear that.
If it's simple to pirate i pirate if its easier to buy i simply buyNo i don't want to download 5 separate files and a bunch of patches to make a ripped copy functional I want my escapism in my hands as fast as possibleGabe is right piracy is a service issue and it's still a 50/50 spilt for me between piracy and buying.plus all studios and games im unsure about get auto pirated because nobody does demos anymore
>>541475576>Honestly? Most stuff is crap... not worth pirating.>replying to a post about pirating vs purchasing>implying buying the crap shit that isn't worth pirating is the preferred route
>>541471107because i like to reward people financially who spend time and energy with creating something unlike you bitch ass faggot jew nigger cunt.
>>541475564This sounds suspiciously like scammer seethe.
>>541471211>>they produce more such mediahahahahahahahahahahahkid, they are lucky they made something people want the first time around.
>>541471107>not a poorfaggot>want to spend money to support future endeavors of an artistI wonder if people realize that the media they consume still needs to be funded in some way.
>>541476888isn't this why there's taxes
>>541475698>>implying buying the crap shit that isn't worth pirating is the preferred routeI literally said "if something is good" you'd buy it. I never said you'd buy something that's bad.
>>541471541Games can be made by 3-6 people and still be good. While Blackrock does pay movie and companies to make bad products, they can't force every minor privately organised video game development group to make gay and shitty games.
>>541471978>And im not a poorfagExacltyPirating was the bee's knees in Latin America when salaries were 100 dollars a month, and people owning computers was a 4 or 7year old refurbish...new games didn't run, and you couldn't even buy the old games if you wanted to, they weren't for sale
>>541477642fair, that's an anal retentive hair split I did there
>>541471211But they don't produce media I like
>>541478282I don't think anyone but the most tryhard of wannabe discord sharty troll shitters >>541472037 (and like 50%+ of this site anymore) advocates paying money for garbage, if you must have the sloppa then by all means steal it
everything but anything you're absolutely sure of should be getting outright stolen out of hand, and then what you like gets boughtkill this bait and switch mentality>fucking 2 hours to return the game on steamfuck that if I can't play it for a day and wake up wanting to play it again it's not worth $50
why 90% of early access shit is this semi-enjoyable but rough 2 hour grinding loop with nothing beyond that
>>541471107No one fuckin knows
>>541471107i buy every videogame i own because i love videogames, its by far the most fun i am having out of all entertainment available to me and its not even close
>>541476717No saar, it's usually some roastie wagie at a doctor's office or other clerical type job. It's either hard to tell when they're done because they just go silent or they just hang up. It's not extremely common, but it has happened more times than it should.
>>541471107Why does nobody mention malware as a concern?
>>541480204it's an issue that's fairly easy to mitigate with careful sourcing
>>541480658But people who pirate always complain that more people don't pirate... but they never mention anything about being careful or the risks involved
>>541481073nigger people on this site used to routinely tell you to delete sys32 destroying your OS install when you asked for PC advice
>>541481962that's my point, their argument is weak
>>541482020why are you taking it up with me
I'm sure there's a pirating for dummies thread somewhere on this site, there's a torrenting board ffs, you should look thereshould every post advocating piracy come with a 101
>>541482111just talking
>>541482298I do that too
>>541471107Zoomers are shit when it comes to technology. They couldnt torrent if their lives depended on it. Imagine actually paying for goyslop.
>>541482378but why would you want to put goyslop on your hard drive?
>>541482518You watch, then delete most of the shit, and save whats decent. Which hasn't been much this decade. We've been torrenting since the nineties, when movies were still worth a fuck.
>>54147110725 years ago I "pirated" games and convinced myself that I would never again buy. Now here I am, a busy working adult, and I look at the cost of a proper gaming computer setup and the time it would take to get "free software" and set it up. I know all about torrenting and finding gray sites and finding semi-private download clubs. I just don't want to do that anymore. It's better for my wallet and my time to just buy a console, buy the game, buy extra hard drives and stick the thing in the console, and then easily play a video game or two with my nephew. Why would I spend my time finding a download, possibly seeding, and then setting it up when it is cheaper for me to simply buy? My time is worth more than the "free" route and frankly, I am sick and tired of fucking around with software and computers anymore. I just want things to work. I can pick up that Duelsense controller, hit a button, and see the 200 PS5 games and 560 PS4 games that I have installed on my 4tb internal (for PS5) and 7tb external (for PS4). No downloading necessary. I have it and it's already installed. "Why do people..." Now you know. It's cheaper than your "free" option.
>>541476717Goodness gracious, someone teach these fucking faggots some basic Western etiquette. "Have a good night" is not some esoteric shit, you autistically-minded "nonverbal" socially-retarded illiterate.
>>541471107>>541471541>>541475883>>541472247It's because most people are retards. Why pay for shit you can get for free. The publisher takes most of the money, then the government, then other expenses, then the people who actually develop the games work 60-80 hour weeks and get paid a fraction of a competent programmer. Musicians get paid basically nothing from streaming per view. They have record labels that give them maybe 1% or less of the money. Then they have to pay taxes. They have to repay advancements. They don't own the rights to their own music.
>>541471107>movieslow effort dating >spotifyfind new stuff>steam>consolesmultiplayer/friend group
>>541471107I think it's time to admit it. Yourpoors are no better than browns.
>>541471107I'm not storing hundreds of games offline reliably. I buy grey market keys to actively snub devs and studios when piracy is free advertising. I will pay money to never deal with your weird and gay ultra compressed files that take forever to unpack while console may or may not stroke out putting malware and loggers on your system.
>>541473618And yet you enjoy what they make enough to go out of your way to play it.
>>541474824That's why I only take a generally anti-piracy stance on indie games, especially if it's a game that I really love. In such a case, I wish for the developer to enjoy success and be rewarded for their passion and talent.
>>541471107Because in the King James Bible, God told us to respect and obey civil government (to a point), and digital piracy is against the law.
>>541471107Convenience Spotify and steam games are such a small expense that they're barely noticeable
>>541488706Jesus was a KIKE criminal who: inciteed riots, interrupted commerce at the temple, instructed his followers to illegally arm themselves,and claimed he was the son of God. He did all this during Passover when all the Jews gathered.He wasn't the first criminal KIKE nor the last.ChristKike was arrested by a 600 man Roman cohort plus temple guard. He wasn't a Roman citizen and wasn't entitled to trial.He was crucified by the Romans and was labeled King of the Jews.Then later on Based Emperor Trajan who expanded the Roman Empire to it's greatest extent, in 117 expelled the Jews forever and destroyed the Kike Temple. The Romans destroyed Kikes and ChristKike.CHRISTFAGS worship a JEWISH CRIMINAL.
>>541488795Don't care, didn't read.
>>541488706>>541488817I'm right though. Christians worship a Jew who was a criminal.
I only pay for antisemitic media, and pirate everything else.>>541489076
>>541471107Malware a la Troonsoft
