all fair! in my opinion, principles or underlying concepts that make lemmy desirable to a large set of its users are shared with something like "piracy" as a whole. though, arguably there are different offenses of pirating things. for example, things like books and other knowledge resources can be justified easier in some ways than something like that a "today's hot comedy" series. all to say, that'd be my thoughts on why digital shared ownership is likely a commonly accepted thing here.

sort of apart from the original "boycott" point, there's also this layer of Big involved in how much of our available content is stored / accessed / mediated. on the seas, you're resulting moreso in boycotting that Big layer that likely has their stinky mits too far and too deep for what they can really deserve credit for anyway. other methods could be used to support the direct producer of content, if intended, while continuing to boycott the Big that enforces and forces itself between due to convenience, research, pull, etc.

you're not alone in this angle or feeling this way, for sure. as it should be! we're also splitting it at a fairly high-above-ground generalized view, and could both very well be imagining example cases supporting our mindset that happen to live far apart on the spectrum of what this can be pertaining to. there's room to be against it, in favor of it, or anywhere in between based on contexts. I don't know why I'm rambling. thanks for responding with more input! lol :)