It sucks that people aren't allowed to just be mediocre writers anymore without being accused of using AI, because its actively going to scare people away from writing.
Seeing ppl say “Louis would never choose Lestat over Claudia” posts and he did literally that in the s1 finale. I know ppl watch the show thru their asshole instead of their eyes but Louis refused to throw Lestat in the incinerator and then choked Claudia out when she pushed back
I will never be against pirating bc
1. Not everyone can afford books
2. Not everyone has libraries
3. Posting abt books that you have pirated might influence people to go buy the books
in this economy i only buy books i already know i like, pirate them first if i like them ill buy the actual book for my collection bcs why would i waste that much money on books i dont like wtf
these authors need to realize that entering reader spaces js to lecture readers abt piracy rarely achieves anything lol. it’s not going to stop piracy, it’s not going to magically increase your sales, n honestly it might even have the opposite effect !!!
all i have to say about the piracy discourse is that if you think access to books is entitlement d not a right, you need to check your own privilege. you are a group of people that claim to know reading is political, but are failing to comprehend the scope of what that means.
idc if an author is anti piracy but choosing to attack readers rather than the publishing industry/chain bookstores that have made reading an expensive hobby or governments that refuse to fund libraries & make them more accessible, these are the #1 contributing factors to piracy