WtfEvenIsExistence3️ to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agoWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?message-square43fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down110
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWould you steal if theft was not a crime? Why or why not?WtfEvenIsExistence3️ to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareFrater MuslinkfedilinkEnglish35•2 years agoNo. My behavior is derived from ethics, not from law.
minus-squareHelix 🧬linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoWhat if the company you’re stealing from is ethically bankrupt?
minus-squareCuriousGoolinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 years agoLike Adobe / Microsoft / Google / Meta / … maybe most large enterprises ? No question about it.
minus-square@Dubious_Fart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agodownloading software isnt theft, soooo unless you are breaking into their offices its not really stealin from them.
minus-squareCuriousGoolinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoWarez piracy is anyway not “stealing” since you’re not taking the digital item away, tis something which can be infinitely copied.
minus-square@Newwit@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoMeta, Google and Microsoft sell’s hardware though. Not too sure about adobe
No. My behavior is derived from ethics, not from law.
What if the company you’re stealing from is ethically bankrupt?
Like Adobe / Microsoft / Google / Meta / … maybe most large enterprises ? No question about it.
downloading software isnt theft, soooo unless you are breaking into their offices its not really stealin from them.
Warez piracy is anyway not “stealing” since you’re not taking the digital item away, tis something which can be infinitely copied.
Meta, Google and Microsoft sell’s hardware though. Not too sure about adobe