chungus_eater@lemmus.org to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoIs it ethical to pirate a game to try it, and buy a license later?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1message-squareIs it ethical to pirate a game to try it, and buy a license later?chungus_eater@lemmus.org to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square59linkfedilinkfile-text
My issue is the license part. If I can’t own the installer files then it really doesn’t seem right anyways.
minus-squareYenapluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 hours agoIf you knew the game was bad you wouldn’t buy it. That equals no sale for the publisher. If you pirate it, don’t like the game and delete it. It’s the same result. If you pirate it, like it. Then buy it, then everybody’s happy. See, they don’t care if you like the game or not, so why should you care if it’s ethical to try a game? Especially if you buy it in case you like it.
If you knew the game was bad you wouldn’t buy it. That equals no sale for the publisher.
If you pirate it, don’t like the game and delete it. It’s the same result.
If you pirate it, like it. Then buy it, then everybody’s happy.
See, they don’t care if you like the game or not, so why should you care if it’s ethical to try a game? Especially if you buy it in case you like it.