Comment by malka

2 years ago

Out of sheer spite, I have long decided to never give any money to Nintendo.

I pirate. And if I can't pirate, I won't play.

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bilvar  2 years ago

Yes, what an absurd notion they have that they must get paid for their (excellent) work.

  • jMyles  2 years ago

    If their work warranted the prices they want to charge, they wouldn't need an elaborate state apparatus to buttress their business model.

    The same is true of the west Nashville music-finance complex. And of Hollywood. And of every industry rent-seeking around the restrictions on speech and press which are branded as "intellectual property".

    This just happens to be a transparently egregious example, as they are literally trying to censor a FOSS project and make its contributors' speech invisible / illegal.

    • bilvar  2 years ago

      Can you elaborate how not wanting you to pirate the games they spent tons of money and labor in making is "rent-seeking" and a restriction on free speech? It seems like a stretch.

      "This just happens to be a transparently egregious example, as they are literally trying to censor a FOSS project and make its contributors' speech invisible / illegal"

      Give me a break. The only reason this software was FOSS, was for the creators to receive protection from useful idiots like you. We all know that the purpose of this project was to profit from piracy.

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  • malka  2 years ago

    Oh they deserve it. But, as a player, I feel deeply hated by them. And i Do not give money to people who hate me.

    • bilvar  2 years ago

      It's a perfectly reasonable position to not give them your money. I thought we were talking about pirating their games though, which is worlds apart from voting with your wallet.

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