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the incentive of profit didnt create linux or winamp or any of the myriad programmes which are better than their for profit counterparts in a million and one ways
the incentive of profit leads to destroying programmes and hoarding their best features
this is all because capitalism
but file sharing is a mechanism that works without profit and thus keeping profit out of it is our best shot at distributing information - medical and technical, to aid the majority of the world, which is poor, and spread tech and data that can liberate people from the profit motive in at least some aspects of their lives
as a compute repair guy, i know that if i freely share the info i have im literally taking money away from other guys trying to survive off their skills.
but at the same time, its definitely the best thing to do because it frees up a larger amount of people from having to spend what little they have on stuff they can do themselves for free
and eventually the capitalist aspect of the profession becomes obsolesced which is good overall.
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