#whenever u bring up the point 'what abt poor ppl' then these bozos are immediately like oh well it doesnt apply to them!! like.

[toastsnaffler]

keep seeing that "dont pirate books!" post and its honestly getting on my nerves I really dont think authors are losing a significant amt of income specifically to piracy. dont get me wrong I'm a huge library supporter & of course buy books if u can + want to but like. in my experience the vast majority of ppl who pirate books do it bc they have no alternative way of reading them ie. they can't afford to buy them + don't have library access (or their local library just doesnt stock that specific book etc). if u prevented book piracy altogether, any change to profits by people being "forced" to buy them would be negligible bc itd be offset by the fact authors would simply reach a smaller audience, losing a sizable amt of free marketing which wouldve encouraged sales. I think its really no different from people selling books secondhand or donating them or lending them to friends (which people dont criticise lol) just across a virtual platform instead of a physical one. also I think some of u need to stop viewing piracy as some act of hostility or pretending its only ever done out of spite because to reiterate: Some People Cannot Afford Or Access Books Otherwise and u shouldnt be shaming them for that lmao. and ANYWAY even if all of that wasnt true in my honest opinion it doesnt fucking matter. piracy is never morally wrong and no one ever needs to justify why theyre pirating something instead of accessing it elsewhere. I'm not abt to create exceptions to my belief in that bc some people on the internet have got the idea into their heads that individual piracy is solely responsible for the downfall of the publishing industry and its not instead possibly(!) a huge flaw of the way the industry itself functions that authors (+ those in similar creative industries) struggle to make enough income to live off.

#sorry this is a big block of text im not the best at articulating things but man I can't be the only one annoyed by that post #whenever u bring up the point 'what abt poor ppl' then these bozos are immediately like oh well it doesnt apply to them!! like. #u cant possibly know every single persons reason for pirating something. like do u want to fucking police piracy???? #maybe we should ask for ppls income before we allow them to sign up for zlib or download a torrenting client. lmfao #I could probably go on but im not going to bc its rly sunny outside now and im gonna go for a walk so I can be less annoyed bye #.diaries