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Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (pluralistic.net)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (15 children)

They made a justification. They showed you how people couldn't make these things without people paying for them.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    They showed you how people couldn’t make these things without people paying for them.

    but that's not true. people make things all the time without being paid.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (13 children)

    people make things all the time without being paid.

    Less people make things without being paid than those who make things to get paid. That is a common fact we can both agree on. If you need the number of open source games compared to the number of paid games then I recommend you grab those numbers yourself.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    "snake game" returns over one hundred twenty thousand results on github.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (8 children)

    You are equating someone's terrible hobby project to paid games like it's 1 to 1. You are simply arguing in bad faith. Have a good day though, hopefully, one day we can converse properly.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    you're moving the goalposts.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    Not at all. I just assumed you understood the basics of quality.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    you never mentioned 'quality' until you wanted to disqualify data that didn't support your position.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Yes, because there is a basic assumption. Those projects aren't consumer-facing games. Those are hobbies. You know it and you are simply arguing in bad faith. I know actual game developers who released their games for free or under a pay-what-you-want model. They refuse to do so again because they can't support themselves by doing it. I am a game developer and I won't release my games for free because I need to support myself. There is all the data you need. Find me other data saying otherwise.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I know actual game developers who released their games for free or under a pay-what-you-want model. They refuse to do so again because they can’t support themselves by doing it. I am a game developer and I won’t release my games for free because I need to support myself. There is all the data you need.

    the plural of "anecdote" is not "data"

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