Comment by Jtarii
6 hours ago
Destroying the profit motive would cripple human progress more than paywalls ever could.
>If the work was worth anything, it'll get paid back by the thankful reader who can afford to pay.
Comically naive.
6 hours ago
Destroying the profit motive would cripple human progress more than paywalls ever could.
>If the work was worth anything, it'll get paid back by the thankful reader who can afford to pay.
Comically naive.
Only it's been shown time and time again that piracy does not destroy the profit motive.
As a personal anecdote, when I used to pirate things, I still bought things in the same category, ie: I would pirate movies and I still bought movies. I would pirate games and I still bought games.
I don't think it affected how much of each thing I purchased by much, but I don't really know.
Most everything on earth is pretty trivial to pirate. And yet…