[pembrook]

I would love to see the HN community response if suddenly SaaS start-ups could be easily pirated or app pirating becomes as easy as streaming a movie. How many would feel the same way when it involves 2,000 hours of their own work coding and marketing the product being pirated?

The internet's culture of normalized piracy and stealing is part of the reason why we can't get anybody to pay even $1 for something on the internet while they will happily hop over to Starbucks every morning and drop $6.50

Hence why intrusive bloated dystopian advertising is the only way to stay afloat for most sites. Would you rather pay directly for someone's work you like or sell your privacy/attention to get it for "free?" I see the world heading in the direction of the latter. A dystopian future indeed.