Quote Originally Posted by STEvil View Post
You think fl0w was pirated in excess? I think you better check your numbers.
You think World of Goo didnt make money hand over fist? Tell that to Valve's press release.
I was discussing Goo in my previous posts. If I went plural in my last response it was simply not looking back. Anyway...

Goo made money, therefore people should feel better about acquiring their stuff without paying? Because they perhaps are entitled to have it? For free, yes? A little slice of forced socialism, except those participating just plunder. Really, it's nothing more than a sense of entitlement and laziness. I won't even label it theft at this point, as that's too kind. It's easy, it's free. As we see here, many of the people spend more time creating excuses for their chosen activity than they do probably doing it.

"Music sound quality is bad so I am justified to take it"
"Music artists are all corporate and suck therefore I am justified to take it"
"The Music industry is evil therefore I am justified to take it"
"RIAA is evil therefore I am justified to take it"
"Movies are too expensive therefore I am justified to take it"
"Popcorn at the theater is too expensive and salty therefore I am justified to take it"
"They are rich corporations therefore I am justified to take it"
"They need to come up with new distribution models therefore I am justified to take it"
"Knowledge should be free therefore I am justified to take it"
"Software is too expensive therefore I am justified to take it"
"Software should be on Steam therefore I am justified to take it"
"I don't have a credit card to pay therefore I am justified to take it"
"I'm poor therefore I am justified to take it"
"Software quality sucks therefore I am justified to take it"
"DRM is evil therefore I am justified to take it"
"Games are repetitive and boring and buggy therefore I am justified to take it"
"I woke up feeling like I deserved a new toy therefore I am justified to take it"
"I am entitled to be entertained therefore I am justified to take it"

On and on, we've heard them all. Lame excuses that just cover up the one real reason that covers 99.9% of the downloaders: They want free stuff.