this contradiction always confused me. either way the official company is “losing a sale” and not getting the money, right?

  • DeadNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Logically yes, downloading or a sharing a digital file is a “lost sale” - but as Aaron Swartz said - “lost sales” are also caused by Earthquakes, Libraries/DVD Rentals, Negative Yelp reviews, Market Competitors, and so on. Why just blame it on file sharing…