I don’t reflect upon my own piracy very much. But I guess I do engage in it a bit.
Gone are my days of cracked copies of NX and Autodesk stuff. But I still do actively acquire game roms. All for systems that have had their stores shut down, or I’ve modded to not need physical media anymore.
I guess I justify it to myself that getting secondhand copies of physical games doesn’t help the creators anyways, and I would never buy re-releases because I don’t buy new consoles.
I have downloaded shows from the streaming services I have. I view it pretty similar to the days of VHS, recording broadcast television. I hate it when there’s a show on a service you love, and suddenly it’s gone. Westworld on Max. My daughter’s Blue’s Clues disappearing from Paramount. I’m protecting for those scenarios.
The only one I sometimes feel a bit bad about is my extensive use of ad blockers and sponsor block on YouTube. I consume soooo much YouTube. And I watch too many creators to support them all on Patreon. But YouTube is basically unwatchable without an ad blocker. That pang of guilt is not even measurable on the scale when weighing whether or not to block ads.
I don’t reflect upon my own piracy very much. But I guess I do engage in it a bit.
Gone are my days of cracked copies of NX and Autodesk stuff. But I still do actively acquire game roms. All for systems that have had their stores shut down, or I’ve modded to not need physical media anymore.
I guess I justify it to myself that getting secondhand copies of physical games doesn’t help the creators anyways, and I would never buy re-releases because I don’t buy new consoles.
I have downloaded shows from the streaming services I have. I view it pretty similar to the days of VHS, recording broadcast television. I hate it when there’s a show on a service you love, and suddenly it’s gone. Westworld on Max. My daughter’s Blue’s Clues disappearing from Paramount. I’m protecting for those scenarios.
The only one I sometimes feel a bit bad about is my extensive use of ad blockers and sponsor block on YouTube. I consume soooo much YouTube. And I watch too many creators to support them all on Patreon. But YouTube is basically unwatchable without an ad blocker. That pang of guilt is not even measurable on the scale when weighing whether or not to block ads.