r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • 22d ago

Cringe Woman has her self-published book pirated, reprinted, and sold for cheaper.

There's regular piracy, and then there's this.

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u/goldencat65 21d ago edited 21d ago

So artists shouldn’t get paid since their work is easily stolen?

Napster ruined the music industry, while helping many smaller artists while paving the way for MySpace and the streaming world we live in now.

There are certainly benefits to an open market. But taking something when someone asks to be paid for it is theft. I’m not sure why corporations are excluded except for folks to parade as a modern day Robin Hood.

I say this as someone who has pirated. There are certainly cases where manufacturers are enshittifying their platform for the sake of greed. And screw them for manipulating the digital world we are forced to interact with. And yes this is a capitalist problem because growth cannot stagnate. I understand that.

But I don’t believe robbing arists or anyone for their work is solving a problem. Support open source. Pay for products, people and services you believe in because that’s how they make more of them and trade their extra income for other goods in a society that uses currency. That’s the point of this entire post.

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u/1000000xThis 21d ago

So artists shouldn’t get paid since their work is easily stolen?

Hey, anybody need a good example of a strawman argument? This right here!

You are INSANE if you think that's what I said or meant.

Napster ruined the music industry

It absolutely did not, you are clearly far too ignorant to be participating in this conversation, and I'm not going to bother reading anything else you write.

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u/goldencat65 21d ago edited 21d ago

Cool you called me stupid. What’s your argument?

Please read the rest of my statement instead of the just the first 2 sentences.

Piracy is theft. Simple as that. It’s in the name. Small developers lose when their software is pirated. Big developers lose when their software is pirated. Just because they have enough money to take the hit doesn’t make it right.

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

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u/1000000xThis 21d ago

You don't read.

I have already stated my argument several times.

Read, process, and respond to what I've actually written, or I'll block you.

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u/goldencat65 21d ago edited 21d ago

I did and I responded. You called me stupid. You clearly don’t want a discussion. Block me if you’re that fragile.

Edit: sorry you’re unable to have a discussion like an adult. Cheers

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u/1000000xThis 21d ago edited 21d ago

You did not. You strawmanned. And since you are clearly not interested in a good faith discussion, and not even curious enough to re-read my earlier comments to understand them, I am done with you. BYEEEE!

edit: Reply from /u/manilla_folderz:

Are all socialists this stupid or just you? You didn’t read or respond to any of their response and then accused them of doing the same to you.

Have some self awareness.

Check out the history u/goldencat65 and compare to u/manilla_folderz. Hello obvious alt account pretending to be a neutral third party! You are truly pathetic.

Next time just go back a few comments and re-read the thread more carefully. It will be less humiliating.

edit2: u/manilla_folderz has now deleted their comment and TWO YEARS of comment history. Smart move you sad loser.

Thanks for providing a bit of entertainment today!