Any chance of un-paywalled versions, for us poor souls still believing in freedom of information...?
Like the guy that used to take my wife's NY Times off the steps when he got the chance?
The power of touch, especially for men (2017)
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Re: The power of touch, especially for men (2017)
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do you do for a living? Whatever it is, I will say to you: that's a paid hobby or a side gig. Then I will take the product of your efforts without paying for it. See how that works? Perhaps it would be worth thinking through the consequences of your attitudes if they were applied back to you?
Right only I program tangible chips which serve a purpose, and you cannot just take them. Or maybe you fork the open source repos? You're welcome? Like I said, I'm not paying for bla bla entertainment. Whether that means I read a free news site instead, or I circumvent your paywall, it's the same to you because I'm not paying. That's the same reason piracy doesn't cost publishers anything, most people weren't in comm…
> that's the same reason piracy doesn't cost publishers anything, most people weren't in commerce in the first place.
There's a subset of users who are able to pay, and were willing to pay, but chose to not pay because the piracy option was available and convenient.
If piracy doesn't cost anyone anything, then lets scale the experiment up; lets say piracy is absolutely unpunished and totally legal. That means netflix clones spawn up, Steam clone clients are released, and all content is extremely convenient and accessible for free.
What happens to those companies/industries?
Re: The power of touch, especially for men (2017)
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Right only I program tangible chips which serve a purpose, and you cannot just take them. Or maybe you fork the open source repos? You're welcome? Like I said, I'm not paying for bla bla entertainment. Whether that means I read a free news site instead, or I circumvent your paywall, it's the same to you because I'm not paying. That's the same reason piracy doesn't cost publishers anything, most people weren't in comm…
> that's the same reason piracy doesn't cost publishers anything, most people weren't in commerce in the first place. There's a subset of users who are able to pay, and were willing to pay, but chose to not pay because the piracy option was available and convenient. If piracy doesn't cost anyone anything, then lets scale the experiment up; lets say piracy is absolutely unpunished and totally legal. That means netflix…
People keep paying for Spotify premium and YouTube red. Nothing detrimental in my POV.
Re: The power of touch, especially for men (2017)
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
> that's the same reason piracy doesn't cost publishers anything, most people weren't in commerce in the first place. There's a subset of users who are able to pay, and were willing to pay, but chose to not pay because the piracy option was available and convenient. If piracy doesn't cost anyone anything, then lets scale the experiment up; lets say piracy is absolutely unpunished and totally legal. That means netflix…
People keep paying for Spotify premium and YouTube red. Nothing detrimental in my POV.
Paying for services isn't piracy...so what are you trying to say exactly?
Re: The power of touch, especially for men (2017)
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#37In my early 20s I worked in a shitty kitchen with a bunch of Mexicans and Ecuadorians, some of them illegals. I was one of two white people working there. I don't know if it's in their culture to touch a bunch but after awhile we were /always/ smacking each other on the back and leaning on each other or whatever other friendly male touching you could think of. It was seriously awesome therapy for the soul and despite…
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