I wanna listen to a particular song by an artist who has recently turned pretty nazi. As I generally use Spotify I now refuse to listen to his music in there, esp as it generates earnings. I kinda wanna pirate the music somehow…I’m not gonna as I’m not gonna down a song or two and then store it on my phone like it’s the year 2000. But short story is this me justifying piracy to myself.

  • shadshack@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    351·
    4 days ago

    My wife refuses to let me pirate books for her. She wants to support the authors she reads, which is fair. But she decided she wanted to try the Harry Potter books, and asked me to pirate them for her to make sure JK Rowling didn’t get a penny out of her.

      • gradual@lemmings.worldEnglish
        32·
        3 days ago

        Yeah. She doesn’t see the value in getting entertainment for free while there are starving children in the world.

        She’s only interested in getting brownie points from other consumerists.

        • AFallingAnvil@lemmy.caEnglish
          11·
          12 hours ago

          Yeah, sure sucks when people go out of their way to bend their personal code of supporting creatives they enjoy to ensure they don’t contribute money to a hateful bigot who actively makes things worse for vulnerable minorities. Yeah, that sure is motivated by external approval of internet strangers.