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[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You forget the alternative mindset:

An active desire to see traditional ways of funding to disappear, and the media along with it.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Sure, we’d all like that, but pretending that piracy is some sort of noble way to bring about a collectivist creators’ paradise is yet more self-serving fantasy.