2026-10-12 07:03 UTC
Is it ethical to order a meal, try it, and then refuse to pay for it if you don’t like it, but pay full price through the normal process if you do like it and choose to consume the whole thing?
What you are doing is roughly as ethical as that, even if (your local / the locally enforceable) laws make it a much more severely punished crime.
Replies (4)
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@NathanRanch@lemmy.zip 2026-10-12 07:07
Capitalism isn’t ethical so it’s okay, just send some love to the creators
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@thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2026-10-12 07:27
Analogy is flawed. The meal uses food that is gone after being eaten and thus can’t be resold. A digital copy doesnt change the ability of a vendor to sell copies. A better analogy to what OP has suggested is where a cart/restaurant offers a single bite “taster” for free to try to lure you to buy.
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@REDACTED@infosec.pub 2026-10-12 08:17
Piracy does not consume the original product like your food comparison.
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@A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-12 13:14
You do not order the food. You just eat cloned food.