@maruoekai123@posinihili That's what we're getting at. Discovery from piracy isn't inheritedly a bad thing and honestly we DO want to support creators. We just have no access to it in some cases officially.
Hell, I'd even donate to small creators if it meant I could get physical releases of their works.
@maruoekai123 I think we should get it clear here that we all understand that piracy is a problem.
I think the hurdle is that Japanese people don't understand the reason. We are pirating is due to availability in the first place. Not cuz we love to steal.
We want to pay for it.
@thielux@manisareed@ZoomerLunar No? Piracy exists as a service issue.
Steam literally proves it. Piracy went down when they released their games on steam.
Like yes, it being free is part of why people do it lmao. But it's not the main reason imo.