Comment on Pluralistic: "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing"

• schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You means the ones that endorse piracy because it helps sales instead cannibalize them? The people that abuse the system are outnumbered by the ones that treat it as a trial period.

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  • Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • schmidtster@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You would be in the minority, piracy can increase sales because a lot of people see the value after the trial period and pay for it.

      Linky for source of one company.

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      • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Did you even read your own article?

        "That’s really awesome for an indie dev; a few thousand bucks is nothing to shy away from and can get them going on their next project. I do believe it gave them a boost, but this is very much a PR headline rather than an exponential overnight success.”

        “While they successfully moved the needle and made a PR splash, this is not a sustainable approach,” Laborde said. “It reinforces a mentality that art ‘should be free’ and ultimately devalues their work over time. This works as a one-time attention grabber and audience-expander, but I can’t recommend it long term.”

        It did not increase sales. They couldn’t even attribute it to sales.

        Such a significant increase in sales certainly sounds impressive, but for Nicholas Laborde, founder and executive producer of Raconteur Games, the numbers should be taken with a grain of salt.

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      • Patches@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s not true. I am one of these people. It did not help sales.

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