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They were going to get £55 from me but now they're getting nothing!

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[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world -2 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

That question is too stupid to bother answering.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Since we all know your actual thought without even being told: Making a copy is not theft.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It is. But I’m not going to argue with you about it.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 40 minutes ago (1 children)

I'm not going to argue with you about it

Yeah... Because you don't have a leg to stand on. 🙄

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

Naah. It’s because I said my peace and don’t care to bicker with debate-bros that defend devaluing IP because they can’t run it on their shitty decades old PC.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social -1 points 27 minutes ago (1 children)

Then why the fuck do you keep running your mouth?

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world -1 points 22 minutes ago

I’m typing words. Haven’t said a thing. And I’m done with this. You clearly want to argue and I’m not about that. There are people here like to report me for disagreeing with them, so I’m out.

Maybe chill out a bit and accept that some people might disagree with you.

[–] Nelots@piefed.zip 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Shame. It's a more nuanced discussion than you seem to believe.

[–] monkeyjoe@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

But Rhoeri said they always use nuance in discussions, they couldn't be defending companies that don't care about them.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 39 minutes ago
[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You think game developers don’t deserve to be paid for their work.

There is no nuance in this argument, therefore there’s no merit in debating it.

[–] Nelots@piefed.zip 0 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You think game developers don’t deserve to be paid for their work.

I literally do not think that though. This is that nuance I was talking about that you're afraid to engage with. Not everybody pirates games and then never buys them.

I'm very tight on money and cannot buy every game I'm interested in. So I pirate games and treat them as demos. If I dislike the game, I stop playing it, and no harm is done since I would have either never bought it or refunded it regardless. If I like the game, I'll buy it at the first opportunity.

Esoteric Ebb is the most recent example of that, I played it for a few hours and it immediately jumped to the #2 spot on my wishlist. I haven't bought it yet, but I plan to soon. It's also recently happened with Schedule I, and this one I actually got. Me pirating the game has literally earned them a sale they otherwise would not have gotten.

[–] monkeyjoe@lemmy.world 2 points 34 minutes ago

Welp, Rheori said you didn't do it, I guess your argument is now invalid.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world -1 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] Nelots@piefed.zip 1 points 1 minute ago

You know, I had a bunch of screenshots ready of me talking to a friend about pirating the game on discord, talking about my thoughts on the game after doing so, and then screenshots of me getting the game on steam the very next day. But this is already way too much effort put into a discussion with somebody as unserious as you. So I'm going to respect my own privacy and just not do that. Have fun living your life without nuance I guess.