• PaulBunyan@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    If you give the cable guy money for the premium channels then you are still paying for it.

    • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      If the bribe money is less than what you would have paid for a premium subscription over the lifetime of the product, then you would’ve still come out on top.

      • somedev@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        And this is why monetary fines for companies that makes billions of dollars is just considered the cost of doing business.

        Edit: deleted my duplicate comment - not sure why that happened :S

      • PaulBunyan@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        If you pay someone for a pirated stream of a game you’re still paying for it. Doesn’t matter if it’s tracked or not.

        • ramble81@lemm.ee
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          1 month ago

          But part of the point of the piracy is not just to get it for free, but to send a message that you’re not paying the publishers or IP owners