Sony is erasing over 550 movies from PlayStation libraries without offering a single refund. If clicking "Buy" only grants access until a corporate licensing deal expires, the service is fundamentally broken.
Piracy is necessary. I remember back in the days in school that you had to turn in essays in Word and do presentations with PowerPoint. Like how the fuck would a kid from a family that could barely afford a used PC be able to get Office without piracy.
Same with Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya etc. Basically the entire workforce for entire industries exist thanks to piracy.
After I learned about LibreOffice 12 years ago I never went back but I feel you on that. I used to tell my mom I can find a registration code for Microsoft office and not to pay for it.
I think my windows 10 pc isn’t registered and if it is it’s from a code I found on Google.
I don’t pay for software probably ever unless a year after a release theres nothing around and I genuinely need the software I’ll pay for it but if it’s subscription based I’ll try to find an alternative that does the same but I can find a code for.
Piracy is necessary. I remember back in the days in school that you had to turn in essays in Word and do presentations with PowerPoint. Like how the fuck would a kid from a family that could barely afford a used PC be able to get Office without piracy.
Same with Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya etc. Basically the entire workforce for entire industries exist thanks to piracy.
After I learned about LibreOffice 12 years ago I never went back but I feel you on that. I used to tell my mom I can find a registration code for Microsoft office and not to pay for it.
I think my windows 10 pc isn’t registered and if it is it’s from a code I found on Google.
I don’t pay for software probably ever unless a year after a release theres nothing around and I genuinely need the software I’ll pay for it but if it’s subscription based I’ll try to find an alternative that does the same but I can find a code for.