Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?
by IvanK_net on Sunday December 26, 2021 @10:27AM
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"Theft implies that you are deprived of the item once it's stolen - this is not the case here."
Yeah, exactly. If I write a book, and one person buys it, and a billion people copy it from that person (and I sell just one copy in total), there is nothing wrong, because I still have my book.
I am glad that most of people dont think this way, because we would not have any books in our world.
Re:You block ads in your browser, why not in your city?
by Nextgrid on Monday December 27, 2021 @01:45PM
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> I am glad that most of people dont think this way, because we would not have any books in our world.
Piracy has been around for decades, may be making a resurgence thanks to the balkanization of media streaming services and yet we still have movies, music & TV.
> steal
Theft implies that you are deprived of the item once it's stolen - this is not the case here, and the costs should be taken into account either way. You're comparing fractions of a cent from an ad view with $100. I'd feel much better about stealing the former than the latter even in case of actual, physical theft.
> they dont let you taste in advance
It doesn't have an impact on the "theft" scenario, but in case of a paid product I would still expect a refund if the bread is defective (moldy or fake) or was mis-sold with false advertising.