• ace_of_based@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      If i count all the media I’ve consumed in the last 8-9 years as savings, piracy has paid the price of my 1000$ entertainment console PC so, so many times over.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      Piracy doesn’t really decrease sales though, in fact it might increase them since it generates word of mouth from people who wouldn’t have bought it.

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        16 days ago

        How about we equate the nebulous uncertainty of those claims, since piracy arguments never have reliable motivator data.

        “Piracy might not decrease sales. In fact it might increase them.”