• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
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    15 days ago

    it can’t be stealing since nothing is physically being taken from them, nor are we profiting from them.

    their expectation on getting our data, isn’t theft since it doesn’t belong to them in the first place.

    it’s the same vein that piracy isn’t stealing because nothing is actually being taken. it’s only duplicated. loss of income, or presumed income… sure, but it’s not theft.