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Is it ethical to pirate a game to try it, and buy a license later? (lemmus.org)

submitted 5 days ago by chungus_eater@lemmus.org to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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My issue is the license part. If I can't own the installer files then it really doesn't seem right anyways.

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[-] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Honestly with the quality a lot of games are released with, and the state they often are in, considering also the ludicrous costs of purchase (and you don’t actually own >90% of these purchases), for me it’s completely ethical. In that quite a lot of these people have lost the plot, we are in arguably late stage capitalism, and it’s almost a necessity anymore to test things before purchase. Don’t part with your hard earned money before you know for a fact what you are purchasing.

My two cents.

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