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Hopelessly immoral? I've used plenty of cracked software in my younger days and not once did I consider it immoral in the least. Some people just draw a line in the sand in a different place for software.

I just don't care at all about someone's "lost potential revenue". I consider it to be the same as skipping commercials with watching TV, or adblocking the web today.

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> younger days

> I just don't care at all

I stand by what I said, I guess.

I think the point is that you don't get to just declare what defines "hopelessly immoral".

An argument could be made that inflicting drm on everyone who is not a theif, and all posterity long after any legal or moral copyright has expired yet the thing is still encrypted or broken, is hopelessly immoral.

That comment did not prove you right.

It even feels alien to me when someone claims to feel bad for pirating something. Most of the time it's just so much easier. And no please don't start on the usual "it's like stealing from a physical store". It's not. Stealing implies that the owner loses something.

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