I'm no pirate, but this is pretty draconian & a slippery slope if you ask me. I'm very leery of censorship of any kind.
Well, not any kind. I'm 100% in favor of complete censorship of kiddie porn, more than ever now that I'm a parent. And legit national security-type information where people could be harmed if the info got out.
But c'mon, it's ridiculous to treat media piracy in the various heavy-handed ways we've seen, of which this is just the latest. It's like swatting a mosquito with a jackhammer. I of course believe artists/ creators should be compensated, because it's only fair, and because I selfishly want talented folks to be motivated to create new content for my enjoyment.
But it's never been proven to my satisfaction that piracy actually harms anyone. Hell, here we are well into the second decade of computer piracy & there are more films, tv shows, books, music, games on offer than ever before, it seems to me. Why would this vast wealth of content be created if no one was making money? The argument that piracy is harming anything seems unglued from the reality I'm seeing.
I'm getting sick of google just like I got sick of Apple, and now I use Musicbee, not itunes, a Droid not an iphone, and my ipod is gathering dust. When a company starts getting too big for its britches, putting its shareholders ahead of it's customers, getting bloated and losing what made it cool in the first place, I seek alternatives.
Sorry, this turned into a bit of a rant here
