Hi guys, first of all, I fully support Piracy. But Im writing a piece on my blog about what I might considere as “Ethical Piracy” and I would like to hear your concepts of it.
Basically my line is if I have the capacity of paying for something and is more convinient that pirating, ill pay. It happens to me a lot when I wanna watch a movie with my boyfriend. I like original audio, but he likes dub, so instead of scrapping through the web looking for a dub, I just select the language on the streaming platform. That is convinient to me.
In what situations do you think is not OK to pirate something? And where is 100 justified and everybody should sail the seas instead?
I would like to hear you.
On a tangential note, this is the same reason I will not buy a phone without expandable storage. The cheapest statistic of a phone is now the difference between a $800 phone and a $1200 phone. For $30 I can double my storage, but that is not ok for manufacturers, especially when they can make $5 a month for 1G of space, that requires internet access, from millions of people. Learning that most people have to pick and choose memorable pictures and videos just because they run out of space is horrendous to me. The companies know that data storage will increase over time for every user, and they are banking on everyone banking their data in a more insecure manner, with them, at an ever increasing rate. I refuse to have my memories and heartfelt data held hostage by bullshit companies that can’t even support their own devices for more than 5 years.
On the bright side, most modern phones can read a flash drive from the USB-C port, so you can just carry a 256 GB flash drive on your Keychain and you’re all good
Have you heard of the Fairphone? Repairable, modular, and expandable. I have three generations of it at home and they’re all great.
Do iphones have SD cards? And yes, you drive a good point. Expandable storage is a must and super convenient
No and most android companies are also doing away with SD card slots. I have spectrum mobile and the only phones they offer with SD slots are low spec Samsungs.
Gotta love the companies’ sorry excuses for ditching things that are good. “It’s hindering design progress! We need to move away from these outdated standards! We can’t make them work with new hardware!” - On removable batteries and backs, audio jacks, physical keyboards and repairability.