That tweet thatβs like βhell gotta be so awkward just filled with nazis and Israelis and theyβre stuck down there together foreverβ bro thatβs not hell thatβs Argentina
@_cealesti right? the argument makes no sense because people who pirate never intended to buy it in the first place, they CANT afford it. u cant count a sale that was realistically never gonna happen a βlossβ
my biggest fear with brand new day isn't it being bad, it's everyone loving it for like a year and then deciding it's terrible and if you like it you like slop
@ParanoidPanda@patroIocus project gutenberg only hosts books that are old as fuck and the copyrights have expired. Saying "read Dickens instead of a 2026 novel" is like telling someone who can't afford a new movie to just watch silent films because they're free. Both are entertainment, but not substitutes
@fitchivalry For an author who has made millions from books, itβs interesting how little understanding there seems to be for readers who canβt afford them. Not everyone lives in the same financial reality