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Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing" (pluralistic.net)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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The ability to change features, prices, and availability of things you've already paid for is a powerful temptation to corporations.

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[–] grue 1 points 11 months ago

That question is a red herring. My employer isn't paying me to write software; they're paying me to write the software they want instead of the software I want to make.