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by rat9988 1595 days ago
> so clearly you know what you're doing

??

> freeloading

No I chose stealing for a reason. Freeloading is not the right term. I'm not a native english speaker, freeloading seems to mean "to impose upon another's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility involved". It's not the right word to convey my idea.

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It's definitely closer than "stealing", which implies the deprivation of a resource - something that clearly isn't the case in the digital realm.

> "to impose upon another's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility involved"

This is precisely what another user here accused me of, so I would say it fits very well.