Well, my friend, he’s kinda poor he can’t afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don’t understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the author or just wants to skim through it, he will download the book.
He usually doesn’t like to pirate from small companies or professors who are trying to make a living by selling books, but from millionaires & plenty of mega corps which already have loads of money, he feels like it’s the right move to pirate
Also, have you ever noticed that you have felt that the value of a product has decreased just because you didn’t pay for it, thus you are less interested to read it? i.e., had you paid for the book, you would have more likely read that book.
He says he will buy stuff when his time is more valuable than money, let’s all hope that day is soon.
What are your piracy habits?
If I didn’t pirate everything, I wouldn’t buy it anyway because I don’t have money.
I do not purchase any digital content.
If I like some movies enough, I will purchase them on DVD. I like to have something physical.
I’d do likewise with games, if I played any. If it’s just download, I am not purchasing it. If it comes on disc/cartridge, sure.
Exception to this is FOSS. FOSS is almost always free in cost, but if possible, I’ll donate on it. It is the only digital content I am willing to pay for. That is because it has the chance to benefit other projects. And if I’ll ever learn programming, potentially even some of my own.