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Movies: I like to playback raw video files with a desktop video player. I settle for nothing less. I would gladly pay a few doubloons in exchange for a movie video file download but nobody offers this, (except for GOG that one time with a paltry selection of films).

Games: "Hey we released this new game buuuuut you're going to need to purchase an entire separate computer system we call a 'console' because we refuse to compile the game binary for PC OSes, nor provide the source for you to do so yourself"

I interpret distributors and publishers treating me as a second (or third) class citizen as carte blanche to acquire your content and make the necessary changes to make it work on my environment of choice.

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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 0 points 2 days ago

I feel like "I'm making a personal choice to pirate because my deliberately-crafted use-case scenario is not being specifically catered to" is a worse argument than "I can't afford it".

distributors and publishers treating me as a second (or third) class citizen

This is like an F1 racer getting angry at 7-Eleven for not offering fuel that works for his supercar. You're not being treated as a second-class citizen; you've created a situation in which you are above first-class citizens, because you're using what is, these days, niche and specialized hardware that is far outside of the norm, but for some reason you're still shopping at the gas station the rest of us peons go to.

[-] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

You missed the point. We aren't "shopping" at any gas station. As a consumer, I'm going to consume, whether you wish to sell (not rent) it to me or not. Don't wish to sell? Fine. We will take it anyway.

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