Slightly older (2021) article I found while searching for this place. It pretty much says what we’ve all been saying.

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    1 year ago

    Maybe people would be be less inclined to pirate if the economy wasn’t so fucked up. Why would anyone spend money on entertainment when they could barely afford living expenses? (Other than the threat of lawsuits for copyright infringement)

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      1 year ago

      And companies don’t do stupid things like half-assed video game ports or beta versions being released as final versions.

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      1 year ago

      where are you from? I’m from Italy and in 2023 people can only eat if you’ve two working family members and can barely feed children

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        The “richest” country in the world, even though the quality of life isn’t really that rich for the average people.

        (I’m talking about the United States of America, of course.)

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          and here I thought people were living a nice life over there. I heard plenty of people move from IT to US. Health system sucks tho, that’s for sure

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            I mean, honestly, the US isn’t that bad when you compare it to the entire world, it’s only when you compare it amonst other developed countries, that you find it very low tier.