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Why do anti-piracy people often treat us as the "villains" of the story? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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75% of the anti-piracy discussions I see rarely blame companies like Nintendo or Disney and always try to talk about how piracy is immoral, and you should feel "dirty" for doing it. My question is why do people seem to hate those who pirate more than the bad practices of mega-corporations or the fact that they don't want to preserve their media?

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[–] Rob200@lemmings.world 18 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

For me i'm always hearing people complain about these companies bad practices. What you hear is based off of who you listen to.

Alot of "official sources" are actually owned by alot of forprofit corporations, so of course you're going to hear piracy bad from those outlets.

But if you follow some youtubers, like Yongyea, you will find voices that actively call out companies like Nintendo and ea's bad practices.