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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Who said anything about who owns the IP? Software developers get paid because people pay for their software. If no one paid for it, it would never be made. Why is this so hard to understand?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

lol I clicked your name to see if you were doing a bit, and apparently you don't tip servers.

People who deserve money, according to Huge Anus:

[❌]Food service workers

[❌]Hollywood workers

[❌]Tech workers

[✅]Landlords, Shareholders, copyright trolls, and IP rights giants

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Okay so now you're just going to make up random lies about me. That's a bold strategy, Cotton.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If that 18% ain’t on the menu, I ain’t paying.

nope, pretty sure they have you dead to rights

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You did when you said you're depriving the creator of compensation when you pirate something.