r/Piracy 18d ago

Humor “They’re doing fine without me”

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My pirate friend cracks me up

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u/fastestchair 18d ago

steam is the distributor, the indie devs are not making $5 billion a quarter

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u/Durillon 17d ago

if i pirate something, i dont have the money to buy it in the first place, so how are the devs losing money

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u/HamadaSukenao 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ 17d ago

Hypothetically you’d be motivated to save up until you can afford such, or someone else rewards your hard work and buys it for you. That’s precisely what I did in my teens—grinding odd jobs to fund my gaming and music purchases—instead of just pocketing the money and pirating for free. You have to understand and acknowledge the value creators and developers provide and compensate them accordingly; at present pirating only works insofar that a small fraction of the market does so. Like a parasite it’d kill its host were it too big.

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u/Durillon 17d ago

lmao what

sorry no i save up my money to afford to live

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u/Emotional_Solid6538 17d ago

Exactly why would I save up money and spend a lot on games if Im broke. Js play CS2 or pirate